Campylobacteriosis was the most commonly reported zoonosis for confirmed human cases in European Union during 2011. Poultry meat was very often implicated in Campylobacter infections in humans. In Italy commerce of raw poultry meat is common in open-air markets: these areas can be considered at high risk of bacterial contamination due to the high presence birds like pigeons. The aim of this stu...

This study relates social-demographic characteristics of Vietnamese households to their consumption of meat. Pork and poultry constitute the majority of meat consumed in Vietnamese households. Hence, pork and poultry consumption have great influence on the total amount of meat consumed. Increasing pork and poultry consumption has strongly contributed to the total meat consumption growth. Tobit ...

Salmonella is an important zoonotic pathogen and its prevalence in the animals acts as a continuous threat to man. The present study was carried out to report the isolation along with the serotypes, phage types and antibiogram pattern of Salmonella among poultry meat and environmental sources in the India. A total of two hundred samples from poultry meat (100), poultry feaces (100) were process...

Researchers have recently found a much higher prevalence of Campylobacter on skin-on poultry products vs. skinless products. These data suggest that contamination is associated primarily with poultry skin, and Campylobacter may not survive on skinless poultry meat. Therefore, the objective of this study was to quantify the survival of Campylobacter poultry skin vs. meat under differing storage ...

During the past few decades there has been a steady increase in global production of poultry meat and eggs. Although the high nutritive value of eggs and poultry meat has resulted in increasing demand, food quality and safety factors are becoming increasingly significant in determining market value of poultry products. Poultry production is one of the fastest growing sectors of Iranian agricult...

Myšková P., Karpíšková R. (2017): Prevalence and characteristics of Salmonella in retail poultry and pork meat in the Czech Republic in 2013–2014. Czech J. Food Sci., 35: 106–112. The EN ISO 6579/2002 guideline was used for the detection of Salmonella in retail poultry and pork meat in the Czech Republic in 2013 and 2014. The laboratory confirmed isolates were further typed (slide agglutination...

Functional foods are foods enriched with single ingredients, which influence 1 or more functions of the consumer in a favorable way, exceeding the effects of normal adequate nutrition. Consumers can expect health benefits from these products. The production of functional poultry meat is a promising future perspective, although the market share of such products will be small. The objective of th...

The aim of the study was to determine the occurrence of Listeria sp. in poultry meat and poultry meat products and estimate the prevalence of L. monocytogenes strains producing listeriolysin O. No listeria strain was detected in any of 50 examined heat-treated products. These bacteria were present in 43 out of 70 samples of raw poultry meat and 6 of Listeria strains were defined as L. monocytog...

Poultry meat and eggs are important food products and the poultry-related industry is an economically important component of the agro-industry in the EU. The industry however is under pressure and faces many challenges. Most importantly, there is a demand for eggs and meat of high nutritional value and free of microbiological and chemical hazards. Unfortunately poultry eggs and meat are one of ...