background and objectives: survey on bacterial contamination is one of the most important ways for hygienic evaluation of meats at different points of processing and marketing. in the last decade application of ozone as an antiseptic agent was proposed in foods (meats, vegetables, fruits, etc.) processing. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of ozone gas for reduction of bacterial...

Poultry and poultry products are commonly considered as the major vehicle of Campylobacter infection in humans worldwide. To reduce the number of human cases, the epidemiology of Campylobacter in poultry must be better understood. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to determine the distribution and genetic relatedness of Campylobacter in the Thai chicken production industry. Duri...

With the objective of characterizing the profile and performance of energy use by slaughterhouses, surveys and audits were performed in two different facilities located in the northeastern region of Portugal. Energy consumption from multiple energy sources was assessed monthly, along with production and costs, for the same reference year. Gathered data was analyzed to identify and quantify the ...

| Cleaning and disinfection regime effectiveness in a slaughterhouse was evaluated against the recovery of environmentally-robust zoonotic enteric pathogens such as E. coli and Salmonella. About 64%, 59% of carcass samples (Muscles, Lymph nodes, Organs as Liver and Spleen), and 55%, 52% of environmental samples (Wall, Floor swabs and Water) were tested positive to E. coli and Salmonella spp.; r...

Shitaye J.E., Horváthová A., Bartošová L., Morávková M., Kaevska M., Donnelly N., Pavlík I. (2009): Distribution of non-tuberculosis mycobacteria in environmental samples from a slaughterhouse and in raw and processed meats. Czech J. Food Sci., 27: 194–202. The notification of all cases of diagnosed bovine tuberculosis is a statutory requirement, while the same is not true for other mycobacteri...

The purpose of this study was to explore the audits, quality assurance (QA) programmes and legal frameworks used in selected abattoirs in Zimbabwe and slaughterhouse workers' perceptions on their effectiveness. Data on slaughterhouse workers was gathered through a self-completed questionnaire and additional information was obtained from slaughterhouse and government records. External auditing w...

We report here the first draft genome sequence ofKocuria variansG6, which was isolated from a meat chopper at a small slaughterhouse in Denmark. The 2.90-Mb genome sequence consists of 95 contigs and contains 2,518 predicted protein-coding genes.

This study aimed to investigate the performance of microbial fuel cell (MFC) for simultaneous bioremediation of slaughterhouse wastewater and sustainable power generation. For the first time, an integrated system of tubular type microbial fuel cell (MFC) was used in this study. The MFC consisted of three concentric Plexiglas tubes; the inner tube was the anaerobic anodic compartment, the mid tu...