A Study of the Extent of Appling of Meat Hygienic Quality Criteria at Sales and Consumption Centers at Khartoum State

Abstract

The research was aimed to study and assess the microbial evidence on the meat market in Khartoum. And the extent of their safety for human consumption and the non-application of any quality programs such as HACP in the trade and circulation of meat in the sales centers and restaurants in the state of Khartoum and the relationship of lack of hygiene and place on the rates of The aim of the microbiological examination is to control the quality of the product and extend its validity for as long as possible and to ensure that it is free of microbes that may pass themselves or toxins to the consumer, causing health problems sometimes in up to the risk level. The study included a questionnaire distributed in meat sales and trading centers as well as samples of local beef were analyzed for the searching for contamination microbes . The study found presence of high contamination E.coli bacteria by 25% , Staph.aureus bacteria by 23% , Different proportions of some other strains of bacteria were isolated , the study also showed that the contamination was not related to the place after the statistical analysis by the Chi-Square program and it was mean non-application of quality systems in the meat trade , and the lack of attention to personal hygiene workers and the cleanliness of the place and the proper ways to transfer the meat to the sales centers and meat display in the centers was not in accordance with health requirements according to the laws of the Sudanese Standards Authority.