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Microbiological quality of freshwater prawns during storage


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Abu Bakar, Fatimah and Salleh, Abu Bakar and Abdul Razak, Che Nyonya and Basri, Mahiran and Ching, Mai Keow and Radu, Son (2008) Microbiological quality of freshwater prawns during storage. International Food Research Journal, 15 (3). ISSN 1985-4668; ESSN: 2231-7546

Abstract

Microbiological quality analysis of freshwater prawns from three sampling sites in Peninsular Malaysia viz: Site 1- Kg. Jumbang, Negri Sembilan; Site 2- Kg. Cangkat Tin, Perak and Site 3- Kg. Cenderiang, Perak for total mesophilic and psychrophilic aerobic counts, proteolytic bacterial counts, histamine producing bacteria, cadaverine producing bacteria and putrescine producing bacteria in the prawns and pond water for the three sites showed that the microbiological quality of freshwater prawns is related to the microflora of pond water in which they were grown. The initial bacterial counts indicated the values were in the range of log 4+ CFU/g for all samples. Total mesophilic and psychrophilic counts of the head regions were higher than that of the body regions for all prawn samples and types of growth media tested. All samples showed an increase in counts with time and temperature of storage up to log 7+ CFU/g for mesophilic counts after 12 hours at ambient, 6 days at 10 ± 2°C and 12 days at iced storage. The samples from Site 2 had relatively higher counts compared to the other two sites which correlated well with the levels determined in the pond water. Similar trends were observed for psychrophilic counts but at lower values for the different types of media studied. Effects of preservatives on quality changes and shelf life of shrimp during iced storage indicated that boric acid, lactic acid and sodium metabisulphite managed to inhibit psychrophilic bacteria and biogenic amines formation in prawns while maintaining the mesophilic counts at lower levels during iced storage.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Food Science and Technology
Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
Institute of Bioscience
Publisher: Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Keywords: Microbiological quality; Freshwater prawns; Preservative
Depositing User: Yusfauhannum Mohd Yunus
Date Deposited: 25 Nov 2008 15:53
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2015 03:41
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/731
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