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Food Safety Monitoring of Salmonella spp. in Northern Italy 2019–2021

Salmonella is the second most frequent bacterial pathogen involved in human gastrointestinal outbreaks in the European Union; it can enter the food-production chain from animal or environmental sources or from asymptomatic food operators. European food legislation has established microbiological cri...

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Autores principales: Bianchi, Daniela Manila, Barzanti, Paola, Adriano, Daniela, Martucci, Francesca, Pitti, Monica, Ferraris, Carla, Floris, Irene, La Brasca, Roberta, Ligotti, Carmela, Morello, Sara, Scardino, Giulia, Musolino, Noemi, Tramuta, Clara, Maurella, Cristiana, Decastelli, Lucia
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10383695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37513810
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12070963
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author Bianchi, Daniela Manila
Barzanti, Paola
Adriano, Daniela
Martucci, Francesca
Pitti, Monica
Ferraris, Carla
Floris, Irene
La Brasca, Roberta
Ligotti, Carmela
Morello, Sara
Scardino, Giulia
Musolino, Noemi
Tramuta, Clara
Maurella, Cristiana
Decastelli, Lucia
author_facet Bianchi, Daniela Manila
Barzanti, Paola
Adriano, Daniela
Martucci, Francesca
Pitti, Monica
Ferraris, Carla
Floris, Irene
La Brasca, Roberta
Ligotti, Carmela
Morello, Sara
Scardino, Giulia
Musolino, Noemi
Tramuta, Clara
Maurella, Cristiana
Decastelli, Lucia
author_sort Bianchi, Daniela Manila
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description Salmonella is the second most frequent bacterial pathogen involved in human gastrointestinal outbreaks in the European Union; it can enter the food-production chain from animal or environmental sources or from asymptomatic food operators. European food legislation has established microbiological criteria to ensure consumer protection. Salmonella is listed under both process hygiene criteria and food safety criteria. Each EU member state designates an agency to organize or perform controls and other official activities. This paper describes the official control plans performed by competent authorities in Northern Italy in the three-year period 2019–2021. A total of 4413 food samples were delivered to the IZS Food Safety laboratories for Salmonella detection, of which 36 (0.8%) tested positive. Salmonella was most frequently detected in poultry meat samples (25/36 positive samples) followed by other meat products and pork products. The official controls for the protection of consumer health apply the EU’s farm-to-fork approach: the samples were collected during production (food production plants), from products on the market, and from collective catering (restaurants, cafeterias, canteens). This manuscript will provide information about the presence of Salmonella in foodstuffs that can help competent authorities to set control plans based on risk assessments.
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spelling pubmed-103836952023-07-30 Food Safety Monitoring of Salmonella spp. in Northern Italy 2019–2021 Bianchi, Daniela Manila Barzanti, Paola Adriano, Daniela Martucci, Francesca Pitti, Monica Ferraris, Carla Floris, Irene La Brasca, Roberta Ligotti, Carmela Morello, Sara Scardino, Giulia Musolino, Noemi Tramuta, Clara Maurella, Cristiana Decastelli, Lucia Pathogens Communication Salmonella is the second most frequent bacterial pathogen involved in human gastrointestinal outbreaks in the European Union; it can enter the food-production chain from animal or environmental sources or from asymptomatic food operators. European food legislation has established microbiological criteria to ensure consumer protection. Salmonella is listed under both process hygiene criteria and food safety criteria. Each EU member state designates an agency to organize or perform controls and other official activities. This paper describes the official control plans performed by competent authorities in Northern Italy in the three-year period 2019–2021. A total of 4413 food samples were delivered to the IZS Food Safety laboratories for Salmonella detection, of which 36 (0.8%) tested positive. Salmonella was most frequently detected in poultry meat samples (25/36 positive samples) followed by other meat products and pork products. The official controls for the protection of consumer health apply the EU’s farm-to-fork approach: the samples were collected during production (food production plants), from products on the market, and from collective catering (restaurants, cafeterias, canteens). This manuscript will provide information about the presence of Salmonella in foodstuffs that can help competent authorities to set control plans based on risk assessments. MDPI 2023-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10383695/ /pubmed/37513810 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12070963 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Bianchi, Daniela Manila
Barzanti, Paola
Adriano, Daniela
Martucci, Francesca
Pitti, Monica
Ferraris, Carla
Floris, Irene
La Brasca, Roberta
Ligotti, Carmela
Morello, Sara
Scardino, Giulia
Musolino, Noemi
Tramuta, Clara
Maurella, Cristiana
Decastelli, Lucia
Food Safety Monitoring of Salmonella spp. in Northern Italy 2019–2021
title Food Safety Monitoring of Salmonella spp. in Northern Italy 2019–2021
title_full Food Safety Monitoring of Salmonella spp. in Northern Italy 2019–2021
title_fullStr Food Safety Monitoring of Salmonella spp. in Northern Italy 2019–2021
title_full_unstemmed Food Safety Monitoring of Salmonella spp. in Northern Italy 2019–2021
title_short Food Safety Monitoring of Salmonella spp. in Northern Italy 2019–2021
title_sort food safety monitoring of salmonella spp. in northern italy 2019–2021
topic Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10383695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37513810
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12070963
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