Microbiological quality of some iced fishes of Imphal market, Manipur
Imphal is the main marketing centre of fish in Manipur. As fish production of the state is not sufficient to meet the demands, about 120 metric tons of iced fishes are annually brought from other states and sold in this market. Microbiological quality of iced Wallago attu, Labeo rohita, L. gonius an...
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ftoceandocs:oai:aquadocs.org:1834/32342 2023-05-15T15:33:31+02:00 Microbiological quality of some iced fishes of Imphal market, Manipur Lilabati, H. Vishwanath, W. 1994 application/pdf 145-149 http://hdl.handle.net/1834/32342 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/1834/32342 http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/16514 12051 2015-04-03 06:50:03 16514 Indian Fisheries Association Fisheries ice conservation fish storage Labeo rohita Wallago attu fungi Labeo gonius quality control hygienic conditions Imphal Manipur India article 1994 ftoceandocs 2023-04-06T17:04:39Z Imphal is the main marketing centre of fish in Manipur. As fish production of the state is not sufficient to meet the demands, about 120 metric tons of iced fishes are annually brought from other states and sold in this market. Microbiological quality of iced Wallago attu, Labeo rohita, L. gonius and Aorichthy aor in respect of total fungal count (TFC), total plate count of bacteria (TPC), Most Probable Number (MPN) of coliforms, Streptococci, Staphylococcus, Salmonella and Escherichia coli in four tissues (skin, muscle, gill and intestine) were analysed. In all cases, the counts were highest in the gills and lowest in the muscles. The values of TFC, TPC, coliforms, Streptococci and Staphylococci were 0-10³/g 10(sup)6-10⁸/g, 2-α/g, 10-10⁵/g, 10-10⁵/g respectively. E. coli and Salmonella were not detected in any of the samples while the ice used in the preservation contained 10⁵-10⁷ of TPC per gram. The microbiological qualities of the iced fishes of Imphal market were adjudged poor. The extremely high counts of bacteria might be due to (1) poor quality and left over fishes being packed, (2) contact with contaminated ice and (3) repeated thawing and freezing during the process of marketing and transportation. Paper presented at the National Symposium on Aquacrops, 16-18 November 1994, Versova, Bombay (India) Article in Journal/Newspaper Attu IODE-UNESCO: OceanDocs - E-Repository of Ocean Publications Bombay ENVELOPE(-60.783,-60.783,-63.900,-63.900) |
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Imphal is the main marketing centre of fish in Manipur. As fish production of the state is not sufficient to meet the demands, about 120 metric tons of iced fishes are annually brought from other states and sold in this market. Microbiological quality of iced Wallago attu, Labeo rohita, L. gonius and Aorichthy aor in respect of total fungal count (TFC), total plate count of bacteria (TPC), Most Probable Number (MPN) of coliforms, Streptococci, Staphylococcus, Salmonella and Escherichia coli in four tissues (skin, muscle, gill and intestine) were analysed. In all cases, the counts were highest in the gills and lowest in the muscles. The values of TFC, TPC, coliforms, Streptococci and Staphylococci were 0-10³/g 10(sup)6-10⁸/g, 2-α/g, 10-10⁵/g, 10-10⁵/g respectively. E. coli and Salmonella were not detected in any of the samples while the ice used in the preservation contained 10⁵-10⁷ of TPC per gram. The microbiological qualities of the iced fishes of Imphal market were adjudged poor. The extremely high counts of bacteria might be due to (1) poor quality and left over fishes being packed, (2) contact with contaminated ice and (3) repeated thawing and freezing during the process of marketing and transportation. Paper presented at the National Symposium on Aquacrops, 16-18 November 1994, Versova, Bombay (India) |
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Microbiological quality of some iced fishes of Imphal market, Manipur |
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Microbiological quality of some iced fishes of Imphal market, Manipur |
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Microbiological quality of some iced fishes of Imphal market, Manipur |
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