Meat of Economic importance:

Meat of Economic importance:

1. Cattle
2. Pig
3. Sheep

Operations in slaughtering Meat ( Non-Poultry)

1. Washing
2. Slaughtering
3.Rigor Mortis
4.Removal of Hide & Viscera (internal organs)
5.Wash Carcass
6.Chill
7. Deboning

Meat Data:

Areas of High CFU counts : Skin (hide)
: GI Tract

Cause of Establishment of microorganism, pathogen in meat:

· Puncturing of Viscera
· Cross contamination from GI Tract
· Cross contamination from Hide
· Cross Contamination from Deboning Equipment.

Importan Biological Hazard Profile in
1. Cattle
2. Pig
3. Sheep

Cattle:
· Escherichia coli 0157:H7 ( High Importance)
· Listeria monocytogene
· Samonella spp.
· Clostridium botulinum
· Prion {Proteinious Infectious Protein, causes bovine encephalopathy spongiform, or Mad Cow Disease (MCD) }

Pig:
· Salmonella spp.
· Trichinella spiralis (Round Worm, common in pig)
· Listeria monocytogenes
· "Pig Flu" ( Havent found out whats the Nonmenclature yet)

Sheep:
· Listeria monocytogenes
· Prion
· Clostridium botulinum

Other Microbilogical Hazrds associated generally in meat and poultry
Clostridium perfringens