BACTERIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF DRIED MILK PRODUCTS PRODUCED IN SAKHA PROCESSING DAIRY PLANT

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A total of 58 samples of dried milk products (including whole and skim milk powder and ice cream powder with orange, strawberry, chocolate and vanilla) were collected from Sakha processing dairy plant. The mean total colony counts in dried milk products were 49.09 x 10", 37.52 x 10", 32.69 X 109, 36.09 x 10", 40.6 x 100 and 32.42 x 10", res pectively. 5 out of 20 strains of coliform bacteria were identified as E.coli. Enterococci and anaerobic sporeformers were present in percentage ranged from 0 to 66.7% and 57.1 to 88.9%. Staph.aureus, Staph. epidermidis,Micrococcus species, Strept. faecalis and Strept. faecium were isolated. The public health significance of each isolate was discussed.