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Review
. 2021 Jul;100(7):101157.
doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101157. Epub 2021 Mar 27.

Mapping foodborne pathogen contamination throughout the conventional and alternative poultry supply chains

Chase E Golden  1 , Michael J Rothrock Jr  2 , Abhinav Mishra  3
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Review

Mapping foodborne pathogen contamination throughout the conventional and alternative poultry supply chains

Chase E Golden et al. Poult Sci. 2021 Jul.

Abstract

Recently, there has been a consumer push for natural and organic food products. This has caused alternative poultry production, such as organic, pasture, and free-range systems, to grow in popularity. Due to the stricter rearing practices of alternative poultry production systems, different types of levels of microbiological risks might be present for these systems when compared to conventional production systems. Both conventional and alternative production systems have complex supply chains that present many different opportunities for flocks of birds or poultry meat to be contaminated with foodborne pathogens. As such, it is important to understand the risks involved during each step of production. The purpose of this review is to detail the potential routes of foodborne pathogen transmission throughout the conventional and alternative supply chains, with a special emphasis on the differences in risk between the two management systems, and to identify gaps in knowledge that could assist, if addressed, in poultry risk-based decision making.

Keywords: Campylobacter; Salmonella; alternative broiler production; broilers; organic.

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