Quantification of the contamination of chicken and chicken products in the netherlands with Salmonella and Campylobacter.
The research described in this contribution provides quantitative data on contamination levels with Salmonella and Campylobacter in chicken and chicken products in The Netherlands at retail level using the most probable number method and direct counting. Most samples contained <10 Salmonella per carcass, both in fresh (89%) and frozen (68%) products, contamination levels with Campylobacter varied from <10 (18%) to more than 5,500 (18%) per fresh carcass. Most frozen samples (57%) contained < 10 Campylobacter per carcass.
Dufrenne
J
J
Microbiological Laboratory for Health Protection, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands. john.dufrenne@rivm.nl
Ritmeester
W
W
Delfgou-van Asch
E
E
van Leusden
F
F
de Jonge
R
R
D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology; D005506:Food Contamination; D005511:Food Handling; D008461:Meat Products / Q000382:microbiology*; D009426:Netherlands; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013696:Temperature