A quantitative approach towards a better understanding of the dynamics of Salmonella spp. in a pork slaughter-line

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 45-52

  van Hoek, Angela H A M ^a,b   de Jonge, Rob ^b   van Overbeek, Wendy M ^a,b   Bouw, El ^a,b   Pielaat, Annemarie ^b   Smid, Joost H ^b   Malorny, Burkhard ^c   Junker, Ernst ^c   Löfström, Charlotta ^d   Pedersen, Karl ^d   Aarts, Henk J M ^a,b   Heres, Lourens ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e VION Fresh Meat West   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

PCR; Pigs; Quantitative; Resident flora; Salmonella; Slaughterhouse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARCASS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PORK; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RECTUM; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA BRANDENBURG; SALMONELLA BREDENEY; SALMONELLA DERBY; SALMONELLA INFANTIS; SALMONELLA RISSEN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE; SKIN SURFACE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; MEAT; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROTYPING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 84855464696     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Alban L., Stärk K.D.C. Where should the effort be put to reduce the Salmonella prevalence in the slaughtered swine carcass effectively?. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 2005, 68:63-79.
2. Arguello, H., Carvajal, A., Collazos, J.A., García-Feliz, C., Rubio, P., in press. Prevalence and serovars of Salmonella enterica on pig carcasses, slaughtered pigs and the environment of four Spanish slaughterhouses. Food Research International.
3. Baptista F.M., Dahl J., Nielsen L.R. Factors influencing Salmonella carcass prevalence in Danish pig abattoirs. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 2010, 95:231-238.
4. Berends B.R., van Knapen F., Snijders J.M.A., Mossel D.A.A. Identification and quantification of risk factors regarding Salmonella spp. on pork samples. International Journal of Food Microbiology 1997, 36:199-206.
5. Borch E., Nesbakken T., Christensen H. Hazard identification in swine slaughter respect to foodborne bacteria. International Journal of Food Microbiology 1996, 30:9-25.
6. Botteldoorn N., Heyndrickx M., Rijpens N., Grijspeerdt K., Herman L. Salmonella on pig carcasses: positive pigs and cross contamination in the slaughterhouse. Journal of Applied Microbiology 2003, 95:891-903.
7. Bouvet J., Bavai C., Rossel R., Le Roux A., Montet M.P., Mazuy C., Vernozy-Rozand C. Evolution of pig carcass and slaughterhouse environment contamination by Salmonella. Revue de Médecine Vétérinaire 2003, 154:775-779.
8. De Busser E.V., Maes D., Houf K., Dewulf J., Imberechts H., Bertrand S., De Zutter L. Detection and characterization of Salmonella in lairage, on pig carcasses and intestines in five slaughterhouses. International Journal of Food Microbiology 2011, 145:279-286.
9. De Man J.C. MPN tables, corrected. European Journal of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 1983, 17:301-305.
10. EFSA, European Food Safety Authority Opinion of the scientific panel on biological hazards on "Risk assessment and mitigation options of Salmonella in pig production". The EFSA Journal 2006, 341:1-131.
11. EFSA, European Food Safety Authority Report of the task force on zoonoses data collection on the analysis of the baseline survey on the prevalence of Salmonella in slaughter pigs, Part A. The EFSA Journal 2008, 135:1-111.
12. EFSA, European Food Safety Authority The community summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in the European Union in 2008. The EFSA Journal 2010, 8:1496.
13. Gelman A., Carlin J.B., Stern H.S., Rubin D.B. Bayesian Data Analysis 2004, Chapman and Hall/CRC, London, UK.
14. Grimont P.A.D., Weill F.-X. Antigenic Formulae of the Salmonella Serovars (9th ed.). WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Salmonella, Institut Pasteur, Paris 2007.
15. Hald T., Wingstrand A., Swanenburg M., von Altrock A., Thorberg B.-M. The occurrence and epidemiology of Salmonella in European pig slaughterhouses. Epidemiology and Infection 2003, 131:1187-1203.
16. Hutchison M.L., Walters L.D., Avery S.M., Reid C.-A., Wilson D., Howell M., Johnston A.M., Buncic S. A comparison of wet-dry swabbing and excision sampling methods for microbiological testing of bovine, porcine, and ovine carcasses at red meat slaughterhouses. Journal of Food Protection 2005, 68:2155-2162.
17. Lim Y.-H., Hirose K., Izumiya H., Arakawa E., Takahashi H., Terajima J., Itoh K., Tamura K., Kim S.-I., Watanabe H. Multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for selective detection of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases 2003, 56:151-155.
18. Lindblad M. Microbiological sampling of swine carcasses: a comparison of data obtained by swabbing with medical gauze and data collected routinely by excision at Swedish abattoirs. International Journal of Food Microbiology 2007, 118:180-185.
19. Lindstedt B.-A., Vardund T., Aas L., Kapperud G. Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeats analysis of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium using PCR multiplexing and multicolor capillary electrophoresis. Journal of Microbiological Methods 2004, 59:163-172.
20. Malorny B., Paccassoni E., Fach P., Bunge C., Martin A., Helmuth R. Diagnostic real-time PCR for detection of Salmonella in food. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2004, 70:7046-7052.
21. Martínez B., Celda M.F., Anastasio B., García I., López-Mendoza M.C. Microbiological sampling of carcasses by excision or swabbing with three types of sponge or gauze. Journal of Food Protection 2010, 73:81-87.
22. Oosterom J., Dekker R., de Wilde G.J., van Kempen-de Troye F., Engels G.B. Prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni and Salmonella during pig slaughtering. The Veterinary Quarterly 1985, 7:31-34.
23. Ribot E.M., Fair M.A., Gautom R., Cameron D.N., Hunter S.B., Swaminathan B., Barrett T.J. Standardization of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis protocols for the subtyping of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Shigella for PulseNet. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 2006, 3:59-67.
24. Smid, J.H., van Hoek, A. H. A. M., Aarts, H.J.M., Havelaar, A.H., Heres, L., de Jonge, R., Pielaat A., submitted for publication. Quantifying the sources of Salmonella contamination in a Dutch pig slaughter plant. Food Control.
25. Sørensen L.L., Sørensen R., Klint K., Nielsen B. Persistent environmental strains of Salmonella infantis at two Danish slaughterhouses, two case-stories. Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Epidemiology and Control of Salmonella in Pork, Washington, DC, 4-7 August 1999, 285-286.
26. Swanenburg M., Urlings H.A.P., Snijders J.M.A., van Keuzenkamp D.A., Knapen F. Salmonella in slaughter pigs: prevalence, serotypes and critical control points during slaughter in two slaughterhouses. International Journal of Food Microbiology 2001, 70:243-254.
27. Swanenburg M., van der Wolf P.J., Urlings H.A.P., Snijders J.M.A., van Knapen F. Salmonella in slaughter pigs: the effect of logistic slaughter procedures of pigs on the prevalence of Salmonella in pork. International Journal of Food Microbiology 2001, 70:231-242.
28. Torpdahl M., Sorensen G., Lindstedt B.A., Nielsen E.M. Tandem repeat analysis for surveillance of human Salmonella Typhimurium infections. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2007, 13:388-395.
29. Valdezate S., Vidal A., Herrera-Leon S., Pozo J., Rubio P., Usera M.A., Carvajal A., Echeita M.A. Salmonella Derby clonal spread from pork. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2005, 11:694-698.
30. Valkenburgh S., van Oosterom R., Stenvers O., Aalten M., Braks M., Schimmer B., van de Giessen A., van Pelt W., Langelaar M. Zoonoses and Zoonotic Agents in Humans, Food, Animals and Feed in The Netherlands 2003-2006 2007, http://www.rivm.nl/bibliotheek/rapporten/330152001.pdf.
31. van Pelt W., van Giessen A., van Leeuwen W., Wannet W., Henken A., Evers E., de Wit M., van Duynhoven Y. Oorsprong, omvang en kosten van humane salmonellose. Infectieziekten Bulletin 2000, 11:4-8.
32. Visscher C.F., Klein G., Verspohl J., Beyerbach M., Stratmann-Selke J., Kamphues J. Serodiversity and serological as well as cultural distribution of Salmonella on farms and in abattoirs in Lower Saxony, Germany. International Journal of Food Microbiology 2011, 146:44-51.
33. Vose D. Risk Analysis: A Quantitative Guide 2000, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester, United Kingdom.
34. Warriner K., Aldsworth T.G., Kaur S., Dodd C.E.R. Cross-contamination of carcasses and equipment during pork processing. Journal of Applied Microbiology 2002, 93:169-177.