Beef Carcass Microbial Contamination – Post Slaughter Numbers of Bacteria, Sources of Contamination and Variability of Data

This publication is based upon a compilation of data obtained from Excel Corporation, covering the period of time from January 1, 1993 to December 31, 1995. The facts and tables contained within this publication, are designed to present microbiological data as it relates to beef carcass microbial contamination. Other information, which is based upon factual accounts, is presented to inform the reader on sources and variability of beef carcass contamination,