We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
MICROBIAL QUALITY OF FARMED FISH IN MARKETS OF LAHORE, PAKISTAN: A HEALTH CONCERN.
- Authors
Chatta, Anser Mahmood; Khan, Muhammad Naeem; Mirza, Zahid Sharif; Ali, Asif; Yaqub, Shelly Saima
- Abstract
Microbial quality of farmed fish from metropolitan city of Lahore was examined to check acceptability and food safety of fish for human consumption. Samples of four important carps species were collected from main fish market and retailers' shops for analyze to aerobic plate count (APC), total coliform count (TCC), faecal coliform count (FCC), Escherichia coli (E. coli) and to detect Vibrio cholera (V. cholera) and Staphylococcus aerous (S. aerous). APC, TCC, FCC and E. coli were positive in all the samples while Vibrio cholera (V. cholera) and Staphylococcus aerous (S. aerous) were found absent. The highest level of APC (4.82×106±1.149 cfu g-1) was found in Ctenopharyngodon idella, and of TCC (149.38±18.940 MPN), FCC (148.24±79.127 MPN) and E. coli (23.40 MPN) in Hypophthalmichthys molitrix. Microbial loads increased from main fish market to retailers' shops. All the tested samples were beyond the permissible limits for APC (5×105 g-1), TCC and FCC (nil); while for E. coli (< 10MPN g-1), sample of C. mrigala (8.32 MPN) and C. idella (6.98 MPN), collected from main fish market were under permissible limits. Time series increase in microbial loads was indicative of poor sanitary conditions and the fish available in the markets was unacceptable and unsafe for human consumption.
- Subjects
LAHORE (Pakistan); FISH farming; FISH microbiology; FISH quality; FOOD safety
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2018, Vol 55, Issue 4, p921
- ISSN
0552-9034
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21162/PAKJAS/18.4991