title: Occurrence of Campylobacter spp. in poultry and poultry products for sale on the Polish retail market.
abstract: In 2007 and 2008, a monitoring study was carried out in Poland to examine the occurrence of thermotolerant Campylobacter spp. in raw and cooked chicken products available on the retail market. A total of 912 samples were tested: 443 samples of raw chicken meat, 146 samples of giblets, and 323 ready-to-eat poultry products (150 samples of spit-roasted chicken, 56 samples of smoked chicken, and 117 samples of pâté and cold meats). A high level of contamination of raw chicken meat (51.7% of samples) and chicken giblets (47.3% of samples) was detected. However, thermotolerant Campylobacter spp. were found in only 1.2% of the ready-to-eat poultry products.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Safety, National Food and Nutrition Institute, Powsińska 61/63, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maćkiw
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rzewuska
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stoś
authors.forename: Mirosław
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jarosz
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Korsak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002645:Chickens; D003132:Commerce / Q000592:standards; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland; D011200:Poultry / Q000382:microbiology*; D011202:Poultry Products / Q000382:microbiology