Transfer of foodborne pathogenic bacteria to non-inoculated beef fillets through meat mincing machine

Meat Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 865-869

  Papadopoulou, O S ^a,b   Chorianopoulos, N G ^a   Gkana, E N ^a   Grounta, A V ^a   Koutsoumanis, K P ^c   Nychas, G J E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beef fillets; Cross contamination; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Listeria monocytogenes; Meat mincing machine; Salmonella ser. Typhimurium

Indexed keywords

CROSS CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENIC BACTERIA; INOCULUM LEVEL; INOCULUM SIZE; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MIXED STRAIN; RISK ESTIMATION; SAFETY ENHANCEMENT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SAFETY; LISTERIA; PATHOGENS; RISK PERCEPTION; SALMONELLA;

MEATS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PRODUCT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 84355162770     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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