1996년 3월부터 1998년 10월간에 경남지방의 시판 냉장 및 냉동우육 350건,돈육 338건 및 계육 350건으로부터 최확수법(MPN)을 이용하여 식중독균의 오염수준을 조사하였다. Staphylococcus aureus의 경우 10∼10,000 CFU/8으로 비교적 높은 오염수준은 나타내었고, Salmonella 및 Listeria monocytogenes는 0,9 MPN/g 이하였으며, Campylobacter jejunilcoli는 7.0 MPN/g (cm2)이하였다. 분리된 4종류의 병원세균에 대하여 냉장우육의 14.3%,돈육의 25.3% 및 계육의 55.0%가 1종류에, 그리고 우육 2.7%,돈육 5.6% 및 계육의 14.7%가 2종류에, 돈육의 2.4%가 3종류의 병원세균에 교차오염 되어있었다. 일반적으로 병원세균은 냉장계육에서 보다 냉동 포장계육에서 더 높은 분리 빈도를 나타내었다.
The contamination levels of food poisoning bacteria was investigated from 350 samples of beef, 338 samples of pork, and 360 samples of chicken during the period from March 1996 to October 1998. The contamination levels of pathogenic organisms were higher in refrigerated meat than packed frozen meat and were relatively higher in chicken and packed meat than in beef The highest level detected for each of the various pathogens was . less than 10,000 cfu/g for Staphylococcus aureus : less than 0.9 MPN/g for Salmonella and Literia monocytogenes: 7MPN/g for Campylobacter jejuni /coli. In the comparisions of cross- contamination ratio of tested meat for low species food poisoning bacteria 14.3% of beef, 23.5% of pork and 55.0% of chicken were contained only one species of pathogen, whereas 2.7 of beef, 5.6% of pork and 14.7% of chicken contained two species and 2.3% of pork contained a total of three species. Generally, pathogens was encounted higher isolation freguency in packed frozen chicken meat than in chilled chickens.
