Cross-contamination in Beef Meatballs: Pork, Bacteria, Cadmium (Cd), and Lead (Pb)

摘要

Meatballs are one of the most popular foods in Indonesia. But some microbiological hazards, physical hazards, as well as pork contamination need to be particularly noticed for consumers of meatballs. The aim of this study was to identify the presence of pork, microbiological bacteria (Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli) and physical contaminants (Cadmium/Cd and Lead/Pb) in beef meatballs. The study determined that, even though contamination of pork and L. monocytogenes were not found, the presence of S. aureus, E. coli, and Lead (Pb) exceeded the maximum amounts of bacterial contamination and lead in beef meatballs according to the Indonesian National Standard (SNI).