National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Meat is an important part of human diet with strong implications in health, economy, and culture worldwide. Even if eating meat has recently become subject to criticism for health-related, environmental or humanitarian reasons, it still contribute to the gastronomic pleasure of urban and rural consumers across continents. In West Africa, meat is eaten in several forms, included braised meat which is often sale on street. The possible contamination of this prized foodstuff by the pathogen Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) and in particular by the emetic B. cereus was investigated. For this purpose, a survey to assess the braised meat production conditions was carried out from thirty three (33) vendors in Korhogo city, by using a structured questionnaire, whereas 99braised meat samples were analyzed for the enumeration of total mesophilic bacteria, enterobateria as well as the pathogen B. cereus. B. cereus strains isolated were then screened by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), for emetic strains detection. The results revealed the presence of total bacteria count (2,51 ± 0,18 to 5,04 ± 0,26 log cfu/g); Enterobacteriaceae (8,89 ± 0,55 to 9,23 ± 0,15 log cfu/g) and B. cereus (5,66 ± 0,17 to 6,99 ± 0,08 log cfu/g) in Braised meat. However, none emetic strain was detected among B. cereus isolated. The poor body and work environment hygiene of the braised meat vendors could explain this foodstuff contamination.
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