This research was undertaken to assess the microbiological quality of 109 samples of the following 7 different products of the imported frozen shrimp in Egypt, block broken peeled, block whole raw, block headless whole, IQF peeled headless, block peeled headless, IQF peeled deveined, and block peeled deveined frozen shrimp through the period 2014–2015. The results showed that the count of shrimp per pound, thawing weight loss, and pH of these products ranged from 20 to 400, from 1.94% to 2.38% and from 7.48 to 7.92, respectively among frozen shrimp products. The mean count of the total viable count (TVC), Enterobacteriaceae, coliform and Staphylococcus auerus varied from 4.8 × 103 to 7.7 × 108, from nil to 5.1 × 104, from nil to 4.1 × 103 and from nil to 5.9 × 102, respectively in the aforesaid frozen shrimp products. The count of TVC in 40 and 9% samples of block broken peeled, and block peeled headless frozen shrimp products, respectively was higher than the allowable limit (106 cfu/g) in the Egyptian Standards of Frozen Shrimp Specification. Enterobacteriaceae, coliform and coagulase active Staphylococci were detected in some analysed samples but in load less than those recommended by the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (2005). E. coli was not detected in any of analysed samples of the 7 frozen shrimp products.

Nadia A. Abd-El-Aziz

Y.G. Moharram

Annals of Agricultural Sciences

Annals of Agricultural Sciences (AOAS) is the official journal of Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University. AOAS is an open access peer-reviewed journal publishing original research articles and review articles on experimental and modelling research at laboratory, field, farm, landscape, and industrial levels. AOAS aims to maximize the quality of the agricultural sector across the globe with emphasis on the Arabian countries by focusing on publishing the high-quality applicable researches, in addition to the new methods and frontiers leading to maximizing the quality and quantity of both plant and animal yield and final products.

The Annals of Agricultural Sciences (AOAS) is the official journal of the Faculty of Agriculture at Ain Shams University. AOAS is an open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research articles and review articles on experimental and modeling research at laboratory, field, farm, landscape, and industrial levels. The journal aims to enhance the quality of the agricultural sector globally, with a particular emphasis on Arabian countries, by focusing on publishing high-quality applicable research, as well as new methods and frontiers that lead to maximizing both the quality and quantity of plant and animal yields and final products.

《Annals of Agricultural Sciences》是艾因沙姆斯大学农业学院的官方期刊。该期刊为开放获取的同行评审期刊，主要发表实验和建模研究的原创研究文章和综述文章，涵盖实验室、田野、农场、景观和工业等多个层面。期刊旨在提升全球农业部门的质量，特别关注阿拉伯国家，致力于发表高质量的应用研究，以及新方法和前沿技术，以提高植物和动物的产量及最终产品的质量。

Microbiological quality of imported frozen shrimp in Egypt

The results showed that the count of shrimp per pound, thawing weight loss, and pH of these products ranged from 20 to 400, from 1.94% to 2.38% and from 7.48 to 7.92, respectively among frozen shrimp products.

Category	Quartile
农林科学	2
农林科学, 农业综合	2

Microbiological quality of imported frozen shrimp in Egypt

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Category	Quartile
AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY	1