Abstract:

The microbiological quality of raw shrimps collected from three seafood processing plants (viz. A, B and C) located in Tuticorin were tested. Total bacterial load of the shrimps were almost uniform with 104 to 105 cfu·g. Raw shrimps from plants ‘A’ and ‘B’ had lower counts of total bacteria and coliforms, followed by plant ‘C’. The pathogens like Vibrio cholerae, Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes were totally absent in raw shrimps. Significant difference (p < 0.05) was observed only in E. coli of the shrimps collected from different seafood processing plants at different months. The results suggested that seafood processing industries should exercise proper care in the collection of raw materials from the landing centres of the different regions in various seasons to produce uniformly good quality products.

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Date 2002/12/01

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