Research article summary (published 30 Aug 2009):

Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in raw retail poultry on sale in Northern Ireland.

Full Abstract

A year-long survey of fresh, retail poultry products on sale in Northern Ireland was undertaken to define the prevalence of Campylobacter spp. by using protocols based on ISO (standard) 10272-1:2006. Incubation at 37 and 42 degrees C was undertaken to increase the diversity of isolates obtained. Overall, 652 isolates were identified as Campylobacter spp. by using PCR and amplified fragment length polymorphic typing. Phenotyping wrongly identified 21% of isolates. Prevalences of Campylobacter found were chicken, 91% (n = 336); turkey, 56% (n = 77); and duck, 100% (n = 17). Prevalence rates for chicken produced in Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, and Wales were similar, with a mean value of 91%. The prevalences in product from the latter two countries were much higher than were found in two United Kingdom-wide surveys of chicken. The incubation temperature did not affect the relative proportions of the species isolated (P > 0.05). Campylobacter jejuni composed 64.6% of isolates, Campylobacter coli, 27.4%, and Campylobacter lari, 1%. Most cases of human campylobacteriosis are caused by C. jejuni and C. coli. The overall Campylobacter prevalence results are consistent with Northern Ireland surveys undertaken since 2000, and indicate that United Kingdom strategies to control Campylobacter in chicken have not had a significant effecton the prevalence of this pathogen in retail products on sale in Northern Ireland.

Author information

Author/s: Moran, Lynn (L); Scates, Pam (P); Madden, Robert H (RH);

Affiliation: Food Microbiology Branch, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Newforge Lane, Belfast, BT9 5PX, Northern Ireland.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Journal of food protection (J Food Prot), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Sep; vol 72 (issue 9) : pp 1830-5

Dates: Created 2009/09/25; Completed 2009/10/13;

PMID: 19777882, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/13/2009, IMS Date: )

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Animals Campylobacter - classification; genetics; isolation & purification Chickens Colony Count, Microbial Commerce - standards; statistics & numerical data Consumer Product Safety Food Contamination - analysis

Genotype Great Britain - epidemiology Humans Ireland - epidemiology Meat - microbiology Polymerase Chain Reaction Prevalence

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