HACCP During the Production of Traditional Meat Snacks

Traditionally produced meat products are very popular in Nigeria. Two of such products are dried meat (kilisi)and minced meat (dambun nama). These meat snacks are commonly patronized locally by urban and rural dwellers as well as international market. Using HACCP concept, Microbiological hazards and critical control points (CCP)were determined based on the results of various analyses carried out. Chapter one of the book introduces the meat products, the HACCP concept, justification as well as the aim and objectives of the work. In chapter two, a review was made on the existing literature on HACCP, meat and spices as well as some of the microorganisms commonly associated with meat and meat products. In chapter three the various methods employed in the analyses were presented while all the results obtained where presented in Chapter four. The results obtained were discussed in Chapter five and the discussion was followed by conclusion and recommendation. This book is recommended to students of microbiology, food science, health educators as well as meat sellers who wish to imbibe the HACCP approach so as to produce meat products that are microbiologically acceptable.