1Department of Livestock Products Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, West Bengal University of Animal and Fisheries Sciences, Kolkata, India
College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Parbhani, (M.S.) India
Four restaurants were selected for assessment of microbial quality of ready to eat meat products like beef tikka, fish fry, chicken 65, chicken tikka and beef sammi kabab sold in parbhani city. All ready to eat meat product samples had total aerobic counts ranged from 2 - 4.0 × 106 cfu/g; staphylococcal count from 1.3 -2.91 × 106 cfu/g; fecal coliform count from 1.8 - 5.3 × 106; lactic acid bacteria count 1.9 - 3.9 × 106 cfu/g. Probable organisms isolated from chicken tikka, beef sammi kabab and beef tikka were
Meat, Microbial quality, RTE