Article
Tracing of Salmonella spp. in two pork slaughter and cutting plants using serotyping and macrorestriction genotyping.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Jan 2001
Giovannacci I, Queguiner S, Ragimbeau C, Salvat G, Vendeuvre J L, Carlier V, Ermel G
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: The origin of Salmonella contamination of pork products is not well established. In order to further this knowledge, the transmission of Salmonella spp. from live pigs to pork cuts was investigated in two pork slaughter and cutting plants. METHODS AND RESULTS: Salmonella spp. were isolated from both pork (pigs, carcasses, cuts) and the environment before and during slaughterhouse activities. Eight serotypes...
Topics
- Abattoirs
- Animals
- Environment
- Equipment Contamination
- Food Contamination
- Food Microbiology
- France
- Genotype
- Meat
- Phylogeny
- Restriction Mapping
- Salmonella
- Salmonella Infections, Animal
- Salmonella typhimurium