Determination of some contaminants of broilers slaughtered an a S. Paido’s abattoir and their behaviour according to modifications introduced in the industrial line

Abstract

Some contaminants of chickens’ carcasses were studied, as well as
the behaviour of the flora when some modifications were introduced in the industrial line. With this purpose, the incidence of fluorescent Pseudomonas, conforms, enterococcus and total aerobics, were measured since the phase of evisceration until packaging, in three different periods of work. It was possible to compare the technological sequence usually employed in the slaughterhouse (evisceration/shower/chilling/packaging), with other sequences (evisceration/ chilling / packaging ; evisceration / chilling / shower / packaging ; evisceration / shower / chilling/shower/packaging), to study the efficiency of each one in reducing the microbial load of the treated carcasses.