Safety and Quality of Egyptian Camel Milk Sold at Sinai Region Aly Salwa A.* Department of Food Hygiene, Faculty Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt *Corresponding Author: salwaaly@hotmail.com
Online published on 15 May, 2014. Abstract Fifty Egyptian camel milk samples were randomly collected under sterile condition from different camel herds at North and South Sinai, Sina Governorate, Egypt. Thirty percent of the examined samples were positive for Aerobic spore former count, 24% were positive for total coliform count and 20% were positive for total enterococcai count. Pseudomonas, Aeromonas, coagulase positive staphylococcus aureus were counted. Many mold species were isolated from the examined samples including Aspergillus, Penicillium, Alternaria, Acremonium and Chrysosporium species. Among one hundred and seven mold strains tested, eighty one isolates were able to produce lipase enzyme with varying percentages while non of the screened A. flavus and A. parasiticus strains were aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 producers. Salmonella, Listeriamonocytogenes and Bacillus cereus could not be isolated from all the examined raw camel milk samples. The economical and public health importance of the isolated microorganism as well as control measures for improving the quality of camel milk were discussed. Top Keywords Camel, Milk, Safety, Egypt. Top |