Microbiological study of spiced chicken burgers in Tripoli City, Libya

ABSTRACT

We investigated the microbiological quality of uncooked and cooked spiced chicken burger in restaurants and fast food places in Tripoli city and surrounding areas. Thus 120 samples [64 cooked and 56 uncooked] were analysed microbiologically. All the samples were highly contaminated with bacteria 66.6%, 25.9%, 29.6%, 20.3% and 12.9% of the uncooked samples were contaminated with Escherichia coli, Aeromonas spp., Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli 0157H7 and salmonella respectively. Additionally 10.9%, 3.1%, 4.68%, 3.12% and 1.56 of the cooked samples were contaminated with E. coli, Aeromonas spp., E. coli 0157H7, S. aureus and salmonella respectively