Detection of Salmonella spp. in retail meat products: a comparison between a discontinued commercial kit and a laboratory‐developed screening method

• Published in: Letters in applied microbiology Vol. 69; no. 2; pp. 116 - 120
• Main Authors: Shushe, O., Wroblewski, D., MacGowan, C.E., Passaretti, T., Musser, K., Mingle, L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.08.2019
• Subjects: Antiinfectives and antibacterials; Antimicrobial agents; Antimicrobial resistance; Bacteria; Cattle; Cost analysis; Cost control; Drug resistance; Food; Immunoassay; Laboratories; Meat; Meat products; Monitoring; Monitoring systems; Pathogens; Protocol (computers); public health; real‐time PCR; Retail stores; Salmonella; Salmonella spp; Screening; Supermarkets; Surveillance; Taqman; Tracks (paths); New York; United States > US; Real-Time PCR; Salmonella spp; Taqman; antimicrobial resistance; public health

The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System for Enteric Bacteria retail food surveillance programme screens retail meat samples for the presence of Salmonella spp. to track antimicrobial resistance in food. In this study, a laboratory developed real‐time PCR assay that detects Salmonella...