FOOD SAFETY AND PROCESS HYGIENE CRITERIONS ON SHEEP CARCASSES

Autor: Rina Mazzette, A. Uras, R Melillo, G. Sedda, F. Cadeddu, Domenico Meloni, S. Flumini, R. Marrosu, Giuseppe Fois, Anna Mureddu, G Busia
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Italian Journal of Food Safety, Vol 1, Iss 1zero, Pp 99-102 (2011)
ISSN: 2239-7132
Popis: The hygienic status and the presence of some pathogens (Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes e Salmonella spp.) at slaughterhouses was evaluated in different matrix of sheep and lambs (carcass surface, faeces, fleeces and mesenteric lymph nodes) according to the Com. Reg. (EC) No 2073/2005. The 48% of sheep and 68.9% of lamb sampled carcasses resulted allocated into the marginal category for Aerobic colony count, while the 28% and 42.2% respectively were allocated into unacceptable category for Enterobacteriaceae. S.aureus was isolated more frequently in fleeces (11.5%), carcasses (12.6%) of lambs than sheep. L. monocytogenes was found in fleeces and carcass of two sheep and in faeces of four lambs, while Salmonella spp. was detected only in sheep carcasses of a single plant.
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