Incidence of Listeria spp. and Salmonella spp. in horsemeat for human consumption.
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.
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Departamento de Alimentos e Nutrição Experimental, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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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*