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. 2023 Nov;86(11):100171.
doi: 10.1016/j.jfp.2023.100171. Epub 2023 Sep 29.

A Review of Slaughter Practices and Their Effectiveness to Control Microbial - esp. Salmonella spp. - Contamination of Pig Carcasses

Arvo Viltrop  1 , Tarmo Niine  2 , Tijs Tobias  3 , Elena Lucia Sassu  4 , Ilaria Di Bartolo  5 , Enrico Pavoni  6 , Giovanni Loris Alborali  7 , Elke Burow  8 , Richard Piers Smith  9
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A Review of Slaughter Practices and Their Effectiveness to Control Microbial - esp. Salmonella spp. - Contamination of Pig Carcasses

Arvo Viltrop et al. J Food Prot. 2023 Nov.
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Abstract

The BIOPIGEE project (part of the One Health European Joint Programme under Horizon 2020) aimed to identify relevant measures to effectively control Salmonella, and another zoonotic pathogen, hepatitis E virus (HEV) within the pig meat food chain. The aim of this study was to identify biosecurity measures or management practices that are relevant for limiting Salmonella and/or HEV occurrence and spread within pig slaughterhouses. This was with the final goal of compiling a list of biosecurity measures for different processes and operations along the slaughter line with evidence of their effectiveness. To achieve this, a literature review was conducted on studies estimating the effectiveness of measures applied in slaughterhouses to reduce the microbial contamination of pig carcasses. Results of this literature search are discussed and presented in summary tables that could be used as a source of information for the pig slaughter industry to further develop their guidelines on hygienic slaughter.

Keywords: Abattoir; Biosecurity; Hepatitis E virus; Pork; Slaughter hygiene; Swine.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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