Assessment of Sanitation Practices for the Control of Listeria monocytogenes at Small and Very Small Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Processors
| Autor: | Tina Conklin, Sheena E Fate, J. P. Schweihofer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Sanitation
Listeria Control (management) Food Contamination Ready to eat medicine.disease_cause Microbiology Poultry Listeria monocytogenes Personal hygiene Environmental health medicine Animals biology business.industry biology.organism_classification Checklist Meat Products Consumer Product Safety Agriculture Food Microbiology Business Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Food Protection. 84:1567-1574 |
| ISSN: | 0362-028X |
| Popis: | Science-based guidance was used at eight small and very small state and federally inspected ready-to-eat meat and poultry processors across Michigan. Data were collected to determine the current level of sanitary control methods used for reducing Listeria in the processing environment and compared interactions with the facility microbial results. A checklist was created to assess the current recommended sanitary control methods from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The checklist, composed of 178 items divided into 10 general content domains, was used to assess which of the recommended controls were being used in the facilities to prevent postlethality contamination of ready-to-eat products. Effectiveness of preoperational and operational sanitation was assessed through sampling 12 nonfood contact surfaces by using an ATP reader and amplified nucleic single temperature reaction test for Listeria spp., including L. monocytogenes, at each facility. In total, 288 samples were taken collectively from the eight facilities (96 ATP, 96 preoperational Listeria spp., and 96 operational Listeria spp.). Microbial outcomes did not differ (P > 0.05) based on the overall number of recommended sanitary control methods used and the type of facility inspection. There was a greater content domain compliance overall in operational sanitation (P = 0.0005), sanitation (P = 0.0030), facility (P = 0.0397), and personal hygiene (P = 0.0033) than for segregation procedures regardless of the regulating body. Findings suggest that regardless of the regulating body, the quality of sanitary control measures used is more impactful for microbial control than simply the quantity implemented. Pathogen control may be obtained without implementing all of the sanitary control methods within the guidance documents. HIGHLIGHTS |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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