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Food Safety Monitoring of Salmonella spp. in Northern Italy 2019-2021

Daniela Manila Bianchi
* ORCID logo ,
Paola Barzanti
,
Daniela Adriano
,
Francesca Martucci
,
Monica Pitti
,
Carla Ferraris
,
Irene Floris
,
Roberta La Brasca
,
Carmela Ligotti
,
Sara Morello
,
Giulia Scardino
,
Noemi Musolino
,
Clara Tramuta
,
Cristiana Maurella
,
Lucia Decastelli
Version 1 : Received: 22 June 2023 / Approved: 23 June 2023 / Online: 23 June 2023 (11:12:38 CEST)

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Bianchi, D.M.; Barzanti, P.; Adriano, D.; Martucci, F.; Pitti, M.; Ferraris, C.; Floris, I.; La Brasca, R.; Ligotti, C.; Morello, S.; Scardino, G.; Musolino, N.; Tramuta, C.; Maurella, C.; Decastelli, L. Food Safety Monitoring of Salmonella spp. in Northern Italy 2019–2021. Pathogens 2023, 12, 963. Bianchi, D.M.; Barzanti, P.; Adriano, D.; Martucci, F.; Pitti, M.; Ferraris, C.; Floris, I.; La Brasca, R.; Ligotti, C.; Morello, S.; Scardino, G.; Musolino, N.; Tramuta, C.; Maurella, C.; Decastelli, L. Food Safety Monitoring of Salmonella spp. in Northern Italy 2019–2021. Pathogens 2023, 12, 963.

Abstract

Salmonella is the second most frequent bacterial pathogen involved in human gastrointestinal outbreaks in the European Union; it can enter the food production chain from animal or environmental sources or from asymptomatic food operators. European food legislation has established microbiological criteria to ensure consumer protection. Salmonella is listed under both process hygiene criteria and food safety criteria. Each Member State designates an agency to organize or perform controls and other official activities. This paper describes the official control plans performed by competent authorities in northern Italy in the three-year period 2019-2021. A total of 4413 food samples were delivered to the IZS Food Safety laboratories for Salmonella detection and 36 (0.8 %) tested positive. Salmonella was most frequently detected in poultry meat samples (25/36 positive samples) followed by other meat products and pork products. The official controls for the protection of consumer health apply the EU’s from farm-to-fork approach: the samples were collected during production (food production plants) and on the market and from collective catering (restaurants, cafeterias, canteens). This manuscript will provide information about the presence of Sal-monella in foodstuffs and can help competent authorities to set control plans based on a risk assessment.

Keywords

Salmonella spp; food safety; food official control

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Food Science and Technology

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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