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Microbiological baseline study of poultry slaughtered in provincially inspected abattoirs in Alberta, Canada.
- Source :
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The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne [Can Vet J] 2009 Feb; Vol. 50 (2), pp. 173-8. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Studies to determine baseline levels of microbial contaminants and foodborne bacterial pathogens are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) programs, Good Manufacturing/Production Practices, and various interventions. In 2004 and 2005 poultry carcass rinses from provincially inspected abattoirs in Alberta, Canada, were tested to determine the levels of aerobic plate count bacteria, coliform bacteria, and generic Escherichia coli, the prevalence and levels of Campylobacter spp., and the prevalence of Salmonella spp. and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). Samples were collected from 3 high volume and 62 low volume abbatoirs. All samples (1296) were positive for aerobic plate count bacteria, with 98.8% of samples having counts of 100 000 or less colony forming units (CFU)/cm2. Coliform bacteria were isolated from 99.7% of the 1296 carcasses and were recovered at levels of < or = 1000 CFU/cm2 for 98.3% of the samples. Generic E. coli were recovered from 99.1% of the 1296 carcasses at levels of < or = 1000 CFU/cm2 for 98.6% of the samples. Seventy five percent of 1234 samples that were tested for Campylobacter were positive; 37.5% of 1295 samples that were tested for Salmonella were positive; and only 2 of 1296 samples tested for STEC were positive (0.15%).
- Subjects :
- Alberta epidemiology
Animals
Campylobacter isolation & purification
Colony Count, Microbial
Enterobacteriaceae isolation & purification
Escherichia coli isolation & purification
Food Microbiology
Humans
Hygiene
Prevalence
Salmonella isolation & purification
Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli isolation & purification
Abattoirs standards
Chickens microbiology
Consumer Product Safety
Food Contamination analysis
Food Inspection
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0008-5286
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19412397