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COST ACTION 920 |
Inventory of QMRA Studies in Europe |
Data sheet
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Pathogen |
Salmonella spp. |
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Country or region |
Finland |
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Transmission route |
From |
Pork |
To |
Slaughter & Consumer |
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Specific product(s) |
Pork |
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End-point(s) |
1. Number of truly infected pigs at slaughter (detected & undetected) 2. Number of truly infected consumers (detected & undetected) |
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Reports or publications
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Bibliographic reference |
Rautiainen E, Ranta J, Tuominen P, Maijala R: A national salmonella control programme of pork based on salmonella detection in caecal lymph nodes, carcase surface swabs and crushed meat samples. Proceedings of International Symposium Salmonella and Salmonellosis, Saint-Brieuc, France, May 29-31, 2002. (Poster presentation) |
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Abstract |
The aim of this project is to assess the risk of salmonella infection from pork sold in Finland. The assessment will be done according to the standard of Codex alimentarius commission for microbiological risk assessment, and, as far as possible, the whole production chain from field to fork is included. The final aim is to identify the most important sites for risk management procedures. |
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Status |
Ongoing project |
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Availability |
Limited |
Project group
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Institute |
National Veterinary and Food Research Institute, Department of Risk Assessment, P.O. Box 45, FIN-00581 Helsinki, Finland |
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Contact person |
Eero.rautiainen@eela.fi jukka.ranta@eela.fi |
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Partners |
University of Helsinki, Rolf Nevanlinna Institute, Helsinki, Finland |