Quantification of the Contamination of Chicken and Chicken Products in The Netherlands with Salmonella and Campylobacter
- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Food Protection
- Vol. 64 (4), 538-541
- https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x-64.4.538
Abstract
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 Salmonella per carcass, both in fresh (89%) and frozen (68%) products, contamination levels with Campylobacter varied from Campylobacter per carcass.Keywords
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