Microbiological quality of milk marketed in goa state

The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the microbiological quality of milk supplied from neighboring states to Goa. Milk samples were randomly collected from Maharashtra (pasteurized) milk tanker, Karnataka (pasteurized) milk tanker, Srikrishna Dairy, Goa Dairy and Mahananda Dairy for microbiological study. The milk samples the collected from the pasteurized milk tankers of Maharashtra milk tanker and Karnatka milk tanker) showed the presence of E.coli, staphylococcus aureus and Faecal streptococcii. However all samples were negative for salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes.