Table 2 Assessment of Microbial count results of raw chicken meat from the different retail markets
Assessment of microbial counts Log10cfu/ml | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | % acceptable samples | Â | % marginal samples | Â | % unacceptable samples |
Retail outlet | E.coli | Coliforms | E.coli | Coliforms | E.coli | Coliforms |
Supermarket | 97% | 84% | 3% | 13% | 0% | 3% |
H.I.A butcheries | 69% | 26% | 10% | 15% | 21% | 59% |
H.M.I butcheries | 29% | 7% | 12% | 14% | 60% | 79% |
L.M.I butcheries | 25% | 10% | 10% | 20% | 65% | 70% |
L.I.A butcheries | 16% | 33% | 6% | 6% | 78% | 61% |