title: Incidence of Listeria spp. and Salmonella spp. in horsemeat for human consumption.
abstract: The incidence of Salmonella spp., Listeria spp. and Listeria monocytogenes in horsemeat for human consumption was investigated. One-hundred and twenty-one samples of frozen horsemeat collected from two Brazilian abattoirs were analysed over a period of 1 year. Twenty-two samples (18.2%) were positive for Listeria spp. with nine (7.4%) containing L. monocytogenes. None of the samples harbored Salmonella spp.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Alimentos e Nutrição Experimental, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Assis
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Destro
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Landgraf
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008087:Listeria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*