Analysis of a poultry slaughter process: Influence of process stages on the microbiological contamination of broiler carcasses

In a large-scale Swiss poultry abattoir, a microbiological process analysis of broiler carcasses was performed. At each selected process stage (scalding, plucking, evisceration, washing, and chilling), 90 carcasses from 30 flocks were sampled and examined for Campylobacter, Salmonella, Escherichia c...

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Main Authors: Denise Althaus, Claudio Zweifel, Roger Stephan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2017-11-01
Series:Italian Journal of Food Safety
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ijfs/article/view/7097