Decontamination of broiler carcasses` skin using medicinal herbal extracts

Abstract

> This study was carried out to detect the efficiency of differentconcentrations of medicinal herbal extract as decontaminant agent onbroiler carcasses. Therefore, a total of twelve broiler carcasses treated withsumac extract (4% and 8% w/v) and rosemary extract (0.3% and 0.5% w/v)and stored at 0±1°C. All treated carcasses were sensory andmicrobiologically analyzed. It has been found that there were no changes incolor and odor of treated carcasses, either by sumac extract (8% w/v) orrosemary extract (0.5% w/v), however, a reduction in the total bacterialcount, coliforms count, E. coli count and Staphylococcus spp. count one/twolog less than control samples and shelf-life of broiler carcasses was noticedand extended three to six days more than the control. From the presentstudy, it could be concluded that sumac extract (8% w/v) and rosemaryextract (0.5% w/v) are effective as broiler meat decontaminant andpreservative.