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Assessment of the effectiveness of pre-harvest meat safety interventions to control foodborne pathogens in broilers:
a systematic review (2021)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Pessoa, Joana

Rodrigues da Costa, Maria

Nesbakken, Truls

Meemken, Diana (WE 8)

Quelle

Current clinical microbiology reports

Bandzählung: 8

Seiten: 21 – 30

ISSN: 2196-5471

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40588-021-00161-z

DOI: 10.1007/s40588-021-00161-z

Kontakt

Institut für Lebensmittelsicherheit und -hygiene

Königsweg 69
14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 62551 / 52790
lebensmittelhygiene@vetmed.fu-berlin.de / fleischhygiene@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Purpose of Review:
Ensuring broilers’ meat safety is a priority to policy makers, producers, and consumers. This systematic review aims to update the recent knowledge on pre-harvest interventions to control main foodborne pathogens in broilers and to assess their effectiveness.

Recent Findings:
A total of 815 studies were retrieved from PubMed® andWeb of Science for 13 pathogens. In total, 51 studies regarding Campylobacter spp., Salmonella spp., VTEC, ESBL-AmpC Escherichia coli, and Clostridium perfringens were included in this review.

Summary:
Research mostly focused on Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter spp. Biosecurity and management interventions had mixed outcomes, while the effectiveness of feed additives, though intensively researched, remains controversial. Research on other pathogens (i.e. ESBL-AmpC E. coli/Salmonella, and Toxoplasma gondii) was scarce, with publications focusing on epidemiology and/or on source-attribution studies. This is also true regarding research on Listeria monocytogenes, Bacillus cereus, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium perfringens, and Staphylococcus aureus as these are frequently controlled by post-harvest interventions. Overall, studies on recent developments of novel pathogen-specific immunisation strategies are
lacking.