Hygiene Assessment of the Performance of Food Safety Management System Implemented by Abattoirs in Edo State, Nigeria

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management

IMADE, O.S.¹  AKINNIBOSUN, F.I.¹ 

关键词: Microbial contamination;    Bacteria;    fungi;    abattoir;    food safety;   

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学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: University of Port Harcourt * Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this paper is to present a measure of the performance of FoodSafety Management System (FSMS) implemented in five municipal abattoirs situated in EdoState, Nigeria. Hygiene status of the abattoirs was assessed by a quantitative interpretation ofobservations obtained from visual inspection of abattoir’s operations by a 3-member panelist.Hygiene assessment was then confirmed by microbiological performance criteria that werebased on standard predetermined guide values. Results obtained from present study indicatedthat the overall hygienic status (hygienic status of the lairage and processing environmentwere 17.8 % and 12.9 % respectively) of the abattoirs was bad, indicating that no systems andno written records exist, and lay workers without any training were expected to apply hygienestandards. Results also revealed that microbial safety level was estimated at 0.83, indicatingthat values of microbiological parameters examined grossly exceeded the safe limit andimprovements were needed to be made on multiple control activity of the food safety plan.Values of the hygienic status and microbial safety level, therefore, corroborate that the overallperformance of FSMS implemented in the abattoirs in Edo State was generally evaluated aspoor.

【 授权许可】

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