Comparison of faecal coliform levels in mussel flesh and flesh together with intervalvular fluid

Abstract

       Determination of the concentration of faecal coliforms in shellfish are made either on the basis of the flesh alone or on that of the flesh together with the intervalvular fluid. No essential difference in faecal coliform concentrations in shellfish flesh alone and those in flesh togehter with the intervalvuar fluid was established. Both methods are equally applicable, but the flesh togehter with intervalvular fluid method is simpler and more directly correlated to consumption patterns.