Guidelines for the detection of Trichinella larvae at the slaughterhouse in a quality assurance system

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-199

  Rossi, Patrizia ^a   Pozio, Edoardo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

European Union; Meat inspection; Pooled sample digestion method; Quality control; Trichinella

Indexed keywords

DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LARVA; MEAT; PARASITOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; TRICHINELLA;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LARVA; MEAT; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRICHINELLA;

EID: 49049120719     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2075/2005. Specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat. Official Journal of the European Union 2005; L 338:60-82.
2. Forbes LB, Gajadhar AA. A validated Trichinella digestion assay and an associated sampling and quality assurance system for use in testing pork and horse meat. J Food Protec 1999; 62:1308-13.
3. ISO/IEC 17025:2005. General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. May 2005. p. 1-28.
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6. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1245/2007. Amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005, as regards the use of liquid pepsin for the detection of Trichinella in meat. Official Journal of the European Union 2007; L 281:19-20.