Critical control points and food pathogen presence in dairy plants from Turkey

Abtract In the present study, total aerobic mesophilic bacteria count, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli 0:157 H:7 bacteria count, and presence of bacteria from Listeria and Salmonella genera were determined in the samples collected during separate 5-month-long periods from 15 separate points at five different dairy plants operating in different regions of Turkey. Walls and floors especially, raw material and end-product transport vehicles, tools and materials used in production and product packaging, and storage environments in some dairy plants were heavily loaded with bacteria. Am...