Abstract
Samples of fresh picked crabmeat from twelve different blue crab processing facilities were analyzed for general microbial quality and the presence of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. Twenty samples from each plant were analyzed for a total of 240 samples. Aerobic plate counts ranged from 7.4 x 103 to 4.6 x 108. Coliform and fecal coliform counts ranged from <0.3 to 32.8 MPN/g and <0.3 to 2.26 MPN/g, respectively. Eshcherichia coli counts ranged from <0.3 to 0.77 MPN/g. Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from 36 (15%) samples and Campylobacter coli was isolated from 14 (5.8%). There was no statistical correlation between general microbial quality, plant size or inspection score (sanitation) and the presence of Campylobacter species.
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