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K Rayman1, K F Weiss1, G Riedel1
1Food Directorate and Field Operations Directorate, Health Protection Branch, Health and Welfare Canada, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0L2.
Abstract:
One hundred and twenty samples of a variety of frozen meat pies were collected from 20 manufacturers across Canada and analyzed for aerobic colony count, coliforms, Salmonella , Clostridium perfringens , Staphylococcus aureus , and yeasts and molds. Salmonella was not isolated from any of the pies and only low numbers of C. perfringens and S. aureus were found. The highest aerobic colony count, coliforms and yeasts and molds were observed in pies with uncooked pastry. The degree of contamination in these pies was not alarmingly high to warrant establishment of microbiological standards or guidelines for these products.
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