Outbreak investigations of Salmonella and frozen raw breaded chicken: the mitigation of a significant public health issue in Canada.

Autor: Kerr A; Outbreak Management Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada., Smith CR; Outbreak Management Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada., Kandar R; Outbreak Management Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada., Kearney A; National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada., Chau K; Office of Food Safety and Recall, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada., Adhikari B; Population Health Branch, Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada., Cutler J; Outbreak Management Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada., Galanis E; British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Gaulin C; Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux, Québec City, Québec, Canada., Hamel M; Outbreak Management Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada., Hobbs L; Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Kershaw T; Outbreak Management Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada., Kirsch P; Office of Food Safety and Recall, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada., Mah V; Alberta Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada., McCormick R; Outbreak Management Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada., Nesbitt A; Foodborne Disease and Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada., Orr A; Food Safety and Consumer Protection Directorate, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada., Smadi H; Epidemiology and Surveillance, Public Health New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada., Taylor M; British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Hexemer A; Outbreak Management Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Epidemiology and infection [Epidemiol Infect] 2024 Dec 27; Vol. 152, pp. e180. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Dec 27.
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268824001705
Abstrakt: In May 2017, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) became the primary subtyping method for Salmonella in Canada. As a result of the increased discriminatory power provided by WGS, 16 multi-jurisdictional outbreaks of Salmonella associated with frozen raw breaded chicken products were identified between 2017 and 2019. The majority (15/16) were associated with S. enteritidis , while the remaining outbreak was associated with S. Heidelberg. The 16 outbreaks included a total of 487 cases with ages ranging from 0 to 98 years (median: 24 years); 79 hospitalizations and two deaths were reported. Over the course of the outbreak investigations, 14 frozen raw breaded chicken products were recalled, and one was voluntarily withdrawn from the market. After previous changes to labelling and the issuance of public communication for these products proved ineffective at reducing illnesses, new industry requirements were issued in 2019, which required the implementation of measures at the manufacturing/processing level to reduce Salmonella to below detectable amounts in frozen raw breaded chicken products. Since implementation, no further outbreaks of Salmonella associated with frozen breaded chicken have been identified in Canada, a testament to the effectiveness of these risk mitigation measures.
Databáze: MEDLINE