Sanitary evaluation of some salted fishes in Alexandria [electronic resource].

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A total of 60 Samp .es of salted fish [20 of each of Fesiekh (MugU cephalus), Melouha (Hydrocyons froskalii) and sardine (Sardina pUchardus)} were collected at random from Alexandria markets through August, 2005 to March, 2006. The samples were examined chemically and bacteriologiCally. The achieved results of chemical analysis revealed that histamine level in the examined samples ranged from 9 to 178 mg/IOO g. The salt content of the examined samples as expressed by the water phase salt % was in a range of 3.2% to14.1 %. On the other hand, the bacteriological analysis revealed that the mem value of Staph. aureus count in Fesiekh, Melouha and sardine samples was 2.9±0.03 10gIO c.f.u/g, 2.69±0.1 c.f.u/g and 2.89±0.25 c.f.u/g, respectively. The mean value of Sulphite reducing anaerobic bacteril was 3.47± 0.60 10gIO c.f.u/g, 1.68± 0.43 10gIO c.f.u/g and 2.86± 0.09 10gIO c.f.u/g, respectively

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