Case of contamination by Listeria monocytogenes in mozzarella cheese

Autor: Sara Greco, Rita Tolli, Teresa Bossù, Eda Maria Flores Rodas, Fabiola Di Giamberardino, Alessandro Di Sirio, Silvia Vita, Veronica De Angelis, Stefano Bilei, Michele Sonnessa, Antonietta Gattuso, Luigi Lanni
Jazyk: English<br />Italian
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Italian Journal of Food Safety, Vol 3, Iss 1 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2239-7132
DOI: 10.4081/ijfs.2014.1708
Popis: Following a Listeria monocytogenes detection in a mozzarella cheese sampled at a dairy plant in Lazio Region, further investigations have been conducted both by the competent Authority and the food business operatordairy factory (as a part of dairy factory HACCP control). In total, 90 dairy products, 7 brine and 64 environmental samples have been tested. The prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes was 24.4% in mozzarella cheese, and 9.4% in environmental samples, while brines were all negatives. Forty-seven strains of L. monocytogenes have been isolated, all belonging to 4b/4e serotype. In 12 of these, the macrorestriction profile has been determined by means of pulsed field gel electrophoresis. The profiles obtained with AscI enzyme showed a 100% similarity while those obtained with ApaI a 96.78% similarity. These characteristics of the isolated strains jointly with the production process of mozzarella cheese has allowed to hypothesise an environmental contamination.
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