The aim of this work was to evaluate the contamination of chicken meat marketed in Rabat, Morocco by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). This pathogen was isolated from 300 samples of chicken meat collected during the period from June 2011 to December 2012. The overall prevalence of S. aureus recovered from the 300 samples analyzed was 16.66% and the average load of contamination was 2.67 log10 CFU/g. While this prevalence was higher in traditionals slaughterhouses (27%) compared with that found in supermarkets (8%). The results of this study revealed that the degree of compliance with good hygiene practices in traditionals slaughterhouses has a significant impact on the hygienic quality of chicken meat. To improve the safety and hygienic quality of this meat, the implementation of good hygiene and continuous microbial surveillance is an absolute necessity to protect consumer health.
Salmonellosis is a one of the major food-borne diseases with a high incidence and severity. In recent years, an increase in the occurrence of antimicrobial drug
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