Slaughterfloor Decontamination of Pork Carcases with Hot Water or Acidified Sodium Chlorite - A Comparison in Two Australian Abattoirs

• Published in: Zoonoses and public health Vol. 57; no. s1; pp. 16 - 22
• Main Authors: Hamilton, D, Holds, G, Lorimer, M, Kiermeier, A, Kidd, C, Slade, J, Pointon, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2010
• Subjects: Abattoirs; acidified sodium chlorite; Animals; Antimicrobial agents; Australia; belly strip; Chlorides - pharmacology; Colony Count, Microbial; Comparative studies; Consumer Product Safety; Decontamination; disease control; disease prevalence; Disinfectants - pharmacology; E. coli; Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli - drug effects; Escherichia coli - growth & development; Escherichia infections; excision sampling; Food Contamination - analysis; Food Contamination - prevention & control; Food Handling - methods; Food Microbiology; Food processing industry; Food safety; Hot Temperature; hot water treatment; Meat; meat carcasses; Pork; Risk Management; Salmonella; Salmonella - drug effects; Salmonella - growth & development; salmonellosis; sampling; SANOVA; slaughterhouses; swine; Swine - microbiology; swine diseases; TVC; Water; Australia

A decontamination trial on the effectiveness of hot water or acidified sodium chlorite (SANOVA™) treatment on Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli and Total Viable Count (TVC) was undertaken on pork carcases prior to primary chilling in two large pork abattoirs in Australia using belly‐strip excision s...