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Abstract
The present study was carried out on 180 samples of ready to eat meals collected randomly from different restaurants at Zagazig city, Sharkia governorate, Egypt. The collected samples represented by 60 chicken meals (Chicken Shawerma, Pane, Shish Tawook and Grilled Chicken), 60 meat meals (Shawerma, Kofta, Sausage and Hawawshi) and 60 fish meals (Grilled Tilapia Nilotica, Grilled Mugel Cephalus, Fried Shrimp and Fried Fillet) (15 each of). Each sample was kept in a separate sterile plastic bag, put in an icebox then transferred to the laboratory under complete aseptic conditions without undue delay for bacteriological examination (Examined within four hours from collection).
The recorded results indicated that the mean values of TBC and MPN of Coliforms in the examined samples of ready to eat meat meals were 1.5 ×105± 3.93× 104and 0.7×102 ± 0.2×102 cfu/g for Sausage; 2.2 ×105 ±1.1×105 and 0.39×102 ± 0.09×102cfu/g for Kofta; 3.7×105 ±1.3×105 and 0.7×102 ± 0.2×102 cfu/g for Shawerma and 8.4×105 ± 2.2×105 and 6.9×102 ± 1.4×102cfu/g for Hawawshi, for ready to eat chicken meals were 7×105± 2.2×105 and 0.15×102 ± 0.04×102 cfu/g for Shish Tawook; 8.9×105 ± 3.8×104 and 2×102 ±1.1×102 cfu/g forChicken Shawerma; 3.7×105 ±1.8×105 and 1.5×102 ± 0.3×102 cfu/g for Pane and 3.9×105 ±1.8×105 and 0.2×102 ± 0.02×102cfu/g for Grilled Chicken and for ready to eat fish meals were1.2×105 ± 4.2×104 and 0.98×102 ±0.03×102 cfu/g for Fried Shrimp; 3.3×104 ± 1.4×104 and 0.65×102 ± 0.32×102 cfu/g for Fried Fillet; 5.9×104 ±1.5×104 and 3.9×102 ±1.4×102cfu/g for Grilled Tilapia Nilotica and 3.9×102 ±1.4×102 and 1.1×105 ±6.6×104cfu/g for Grilled Mugel Cephalus.
Staphylococcus aureus were isolated from Hawawshi, Pane, Grilled Chicken Grilled Tilapia Nilotica and Grilled Mugel Cephalus with an incidence of 20%, 13.3%, 26.7%, 13.3% and 13.3% respectively, with the mean value of 0.4×103 ± 0.52×102, 0.25×103± 0. 18×102, 0.45×103 ± 0.08×102, 0.95×103± 0.91×102 and 1.05×103± 0.54×102respectively, While, E.coli incidence were 6.7%, 13.3%, 20% and 26.7% for Shish Tawook, Pane, Chicken Shawerma, and Grilled Chicken ;.