Survey of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli and faecal coliforms in beef carcasses destined for export at slaughterhouses in Brazil

Abstract This study investigated the presence of generic and verotoxin-producing E. coli as well as enumerated faecal coliforms in 30 beef carcasses in different parts of the slaughter process (after skinning, washing and cooling) at each of three slaughterhouses of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul,...

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Main Authors: Daniele BIER, Márcio Roberto SILVA, Carlos Alberto do Nascimento RAMOS, Giuliani D’Amico MORININGO, Tâmiris Aparecida dos Santos SILVA, Alaiza Corrêa de LIMA, Jenyfer Valesca Monteiro CHULLI, Flábio Ribeiro de ARAÚJO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos 2017-10-01
Series:Food Science and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612017005026132&lng=en&tlng=en