Shell Eggs and Salmonella Enteritidis in Various Seasons in Japan.

National surveillance of Salmonella Enteritidis in commercial eggs in Japan

A total of 105 033 eggs were collected across Japan from June 2010 to January 2011 and tested for Salmonella Enteritidis to provide data for the risk profiling of S. Enteritidis in eggs by the Food Safety Commission of Japan. S. Enteritidis isolates were recovered from three samples (20 eggs/sample) and these samples were different in regard to sampling period, grading and packaging centre and ...

ANNEX C, Initial Contamination of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs

Application of bacteriophages to control Salmonella Enteritidis in raw eggs

Background: Salmonella, a bacterial genus of more than 2500 serotypes is considered as the most significant foodborne pathogen causing infections in humans and animals. Increased antimicrobial resistance and persistence of antimicrobial residues in food matrices warrants the need for alternative infection management strategies. Aims: The present study aimed to isolate and evaluate the lytic act...

Quantitative risk assessment of Salmonella Enteritidis in shell eggs in Belgium

A quantitative risk assessment of salmonellosis due to consumption of shell eggs contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) in Belgium was carried out. The risk model was based on the World Health Organization (WHO)-template (World Health Organization, 2003) for SE in eggs and egg products. The results of the model are in the same order of magnitude as the epidemiological data available. Sen...

Quantitative risk assessment of Salmonella Enteritidis in shell eggs in Europe

Prevalences in terms of the number of eggs contaminated (internally and externally) with Salmonella Enteritidis per million are presented based on a 2 stage Bayesian model. The first stage estimates the average flock prevalence over laying period in the production system and the second stage estimates the proportion of contaminated eggs for an infected flock. These are combined to give the expe...