TY - SER AU - Yassin,Mona A. AU - El-Din,M.M.Zin AU - El-Sharoud,W.M. TI - Detection of Escherichia coli in dairy and milk-related products using direct planting and the 3-stage method KW - Milk KW - Quality KW - Skim milk KW - Dairying KW - Quality control KW - Dairy products industry KW - Egypt KW - Dairy products KW - Contamination KW - Escherichia coli N1 - Includes references N2 - Escherichia coli is a frequent foodborne contaminant that negatively affects the quality and safety of dairy products. The present study aimed to examine the presence of E. coli in dairy and milk-related products using two detection methods namely, "direct planting" and 3-stage method". Sixty-nine samples of yoghurt, domiati cheese, kariesh cheese, UHT milk, dried skim, dried ice-cream, dried whey proteins creamchantee, infant milk formulas, and s"sahlab" were collected from 3 egyptian governorates and examined for the presence of E. coli. A total of 250 suspected E. coli isolates could be cultured from these samples and subiected to biochemical identification that characterized UR - http://nile.enal.sci.eg/EALE/2011/MUJFDS/211/8/505.pdf ER -