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COST ACTION 920 |
Inventory of QMRA Studies in Europe |
Data sheet
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Pathogen |
Salmonella Enteritidis |
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Country or region |
Belgium |
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Transmission route |
From |
Farm |
To |
Consumption | |
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Specific product(s) |
Eggs | ||||
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End-point(s) |
Prevalence and concentration of S. Enteritidis in eggs and egg products. Identification of critical points and assessment of possible preventive actions. | ||||
Reports or publications
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Bibliographic reference |
Grijspeerdt K., Messens W. & Herman L. (2005). Quantitative
risk assessment of Salmonella Enteritidis in shell eggs in Belgium. In:
Proceedings XIth European Symposium on the quality of eggs.
Doorwerth, The Netherlands. 23-26 May 2005. 7-14. |
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Abstract |
A quantitative risk assessment of salmonellosis due to
consumption of shell eggs contaminated with Salmonella
Enteritidis (SE) in Belgium was carried out. The risk model was based on the
World Health Organization (WHO)-template (World Health Organization, 2003) for
SE in eggs and egg products. The results of the model are in the same order of
magnitude as the epidemiological data available. Sensitivity analysis points at
the environmental temperature as the main influencing factor in the annual
number of salmonellosis cases. Mitigating strategies should therefore focus on
temperature, rather than on keeping time. |
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Status |
Ongoing |
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Availability |
Project group
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Institute |
Agricultural Research Centre |
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Contact person |
Koen Grijspeerdt (K.Grijspeerdt@clo.fgov.be) |
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Partners |