[Microbiological studies of spiced beef burgers in Tripoli city, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya].
We investigated the microbiological quality of uncooked and cooked spiced beef burger in restaurants and fast food places in Tripoli city and surrounding areas. Thus 151 samples (92 cooked and 59 uncooked) were analysed microbiologically. The results showed that all samples were highly contaminated with bacteria; 74.5%, 28.8%, 27.1% and 18.6% of the uncooked samples were contaminated with Escherichia coli, Aeromonas spp., Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli O157:H7 respectively. Additionally 11.9%, 9.9%, 5.4% and 3.2% of the cooked samples were contaminated with E. coli, Aeromonas spp., E. coli O157:H7 and S. aureus respectively.
Food Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alfatah University Tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
Yousef M
YM
Elshrek
Nuri S
NS
Madi
El-Amari A
el-AA
El-Bakoush
Abdulrahman
A
El-Tawil
D000333:Aeromonas; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003296:Cooking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008002:Libya; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D012147:Restaurants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017365:Spices; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*