Abstract
Staphylococcus aureus was present in only small numbers (ca 10/g) on the skin of broiler chickens before processing. During processing, contamination of carcases with this organism increased to > 103/g of skin. Based on the results of phage typing, it was shown that the increase in contamination was due to a strain of Staph. aureus which was indigenous to the processing plant. Plucking and evisceration appeared to be the main stages at which contamination of carcases with Staph. aureus occurred.
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