Microbial Quality of Fish in Retail Trade in Cochin
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Narayanan Nambiar V.
Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin - 682 029
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Mahadeva Iyer K.
Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin - 682 029
Abstract
Microbial quality of fresh and frozen fish in retail trade in Cochin is presented. 9.4% of the fresh fish and 4.7 % of the frozen fish samples examined had total plate ounts more than 5.0 x 105 g-1 Escherichia coli was detected in 89.8% of the fresh sh and 86.6 % of the frozen fish, and their numbers were more than 20 g-1 in 78.2 and 1.2% of the samples respectively. Faecal streptococci were detected in all the fresh sh and 87.4 7; of the frozen fish and their numbers were more than 1000g-1 in 60.3 nd ll % of the samples respectively. Salmonella was detected in 5.8 and 8.7% of the fresh and frozen fish samples respectively.Downloads
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Submitted
2013-03-21
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2025-06-09
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V., N. N., & K., M. I. (2025). Microbial Quality of Fish in Retail Trade in Cochin. Fishery Technology, 27(1). https://doi.org/10.56093/ft.v27i1.28438
