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Archives   2005

Myanmar   Health   Sciences   Research   Journal

Volume   17,  Number   2

TITLE:   Bacterial contamination in some local brand milk and milk products bottles.
AUTHOR:   Mar Mar Nyein
SOURCE:   Myanmar Health Sciences Research Journal. 2005; 17(2): 118-119
ABSTRACT:   World Health Organization has estimated that about 70% of diarrhoeal diseases may be due to contaminated food and water and they are responsible for the majority of reported illness annually. However, a great number of illness were unreported . Contaminatedwater and food increases the risk of enteric infections including cholera, shigellosis and salmonellosis [1-3].Thus, it is to find out the level of contamination by bacteria in some milk and milk products in bottles with different brands which were prepared locally and sold in the markets. Milk bottles with different brands prepared locally were collected from marts during March 2000 to September 2001 and transported to the laboratory using cold chain. A total of 78 samples; containing three samples of each product were collected. It comprised of 42 milkbottles (local product with different brands) from 14 places; 9 samples ofmilk juice from 3 places; 12 samples of yogurt in bottles (local product with different brands) from4 places and 15 samples of freshly prepared yogurt without ice from 6 places. The controls were the exported brands.
SUBJECT HEADINGS:   Bacterial Infections. Milk.
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