The Food Research, Safety and Training Network (FRST-NET) initiative, step one: Issues relevant for meat safety assurance at abattoir level
Recent data from the European Union monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents confirm that microbial contamination of meat, especially raw meat and fresh raw meat products, is one of the most relevant food safety issues. The most relevant foodborne pathogens (e.g. Salmonella spp., Campylobacter jejuni/coli, Yersinia enterocolitica, verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli) can be harboured in the … [Read more…]