THE EFFECT OF CONSUMPTION OF RED MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS ON MICROBIOLOGICAL POLLUTION IN ISTANBUL

Abstract

Meat is defined as one of the most important nutrient for human nutrition from the beginning of human civilization. There are different factors in our country that affect the demand and consumption of meat and its products. Some of them can be defined as the prices, preferences of the consumers, and the income levels of the consumers. Additionally the social and the economic status of the regions that the consumers live in are also the importnant factors of meat and meat products consuming profile. Because of the reasons explained above, determining the consuming profiles / habits of the public are important. To determine the correct policies about the meat sources for satisfying increasing population is compulsory for healthy generations and public. In this study it was determined the consumption profile of 100 houses in ?stanbul and how the preferences of the public effect the microbiological quality of the meat and products consumed by the public. According to the results we got, significant differences were determined among the potential microbiological risk factors and the consumption profiles, economical status and consumption habits of the consumers.