Aligarh is one of the major cities in western Uttar Pradesh. A majority of the people is fond of eating various preparation of buffalo meat. Buffaloes are slaughtered on daily basis and marketed in small quantities. Meat spoilage is a common problem in Aligarh because of tropical temperature and lack of cold storage facilities that favours the growth of different pathogenic food borne microorganisms. In this context it is customary to estimate potentially pathogenic microorganism present in meat sample collected from deferent retail outlets to generate data to quantify the magnitude of incidences of pathogens. Results obtained from this study were compared with standard permissible limits mentioned by ISO specification and it may be concluded that strict hygienic measures and cold storage facility is needed to avoid any possible outbreak of food borne diseases.
Buffalo meat, Microbiological, Food borne diseases
