title: The bacteriological quality of British beef 2. Frozen minced beef.
abstract: Frozen minced beef was obtained from five commercial wholesale producers, and the aerobic plate count, and counts of coliforms, Escherichia coli type 1 and Staphylococcus aureus, determined. No E. coli O157:H7 or salmonellas were detected. The results were evaluated in relation to: (1) two earlier surveys involving fresh mince purchased from retail butchers and supermarkets in the UK (Roberts et al., 1980; Hudson et al., 1986); and (2) the standards set out in Annex II of the Minced Meat Directive 94/65/EC. In respect to the latter, none of the 99 samples of mince examined was unsatisfactory.
authors: Division of Food Animal Science, Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford, Avon, BS18 7DU, UK.
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