Evaluation of sanitary quality of goat milk in dairy industries from the Cariri region, state of Paraíba

• Autor(a) principal: Siqueira, Iara Nunes de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Cavalcanti, Aline Antas Cordeiro, Souza, Joyce Galvão de, Medeiros, Filipe Jordão Pereira de, Taveira, João Carlos, Garcia, Samuel Fernandes, Soares, Claudia Morgana, Oliveira, Suely Cristina Pereira de Lima, Oliveira Filho, Abrahão Alves de, Melo, Márcia Almeida de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/20735
• topic: Dairy; Sanitization; Microorganisms.; Laticínio; Higienização; Microrganismos.; Lácteos; Higienización; Microorganismos.

The sanitary evaluation of equipment and hands is fundamental to investigate the presence of pathogens in the dairy industry. Then, this study aims to evaluate the sanitization of equipment, workers’ hands, raw and pasteurized milk in goat milk dairies in the Cariri region, state of Paraíba.  Collected 32 samples of four dairies represented by letters A, B, C, and D. The followings contents were analyzed: mesophiles, total and thermotolerant coliforms, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Samonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes in the reception tank, pasteurization tank, packing machine, package, wall, workers’ hand, and each dairy’s raw and pasteurized milk. After isolation, 84 colonies were confirmed by MALDI TOF. The indicator microorganisms presented variations for the workers’ hands, while A and B stayed within the patterns. For the equipment, only dairy B was within limits. They were out of the standard for mesophiles, total coliforms, and thermotolerant regarding raw and pasteurized milk. The microorganisms, the Enterobacteriaceae family presented a higher frequency, with 77.38%, and within this family, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp., and Enterobacter spp. were the most prevalent. Gram-positive corresponded to 22.62%, Bacillus spp., Staphylococcus spp., Enterococcus spp., and Macrococcus caseolyticus. Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella spp. were not isolated. These demonstrate failures in goat milk processing with pathogenic bacteria in several dairy plants, indicating the need to adjust the product’s quality control.