Occurrence and detection of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/mjfst-2022-0011" target="_blank" >https://sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/mjfst-2022-0011</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mjfst-2022-0011" target="_blank" >10.2478/mjfst-2022-0011</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Occurrence and detection of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods

Original language description

Listeria monocytogenes is a pathogenic bacterium that causes listeriosis. Listeriosis is a serious and often fatal disease caused by the ingestion of contaminated foods. Listeria monocytogenes contaminates various types of food. It turns out that ready-to-eat foods can be a very common source of this pathogenic bacteria. The aim of this study was to evaluate the microbial quality of ready-to-eat foods. The main focus was given on evaluation of the presence of L. monocytogenes in this group of food. Total number of 50 samples were devided into three categories: pastries (n = 29), salads (n = 13) and others (n = 8). All samples were analyzed for presence of L. monocytogenes using a conventional cultivation method ISO 11290-1:2017. As confirmation tests were used API Listeria test and PCR. The presence of L. monocytogenes was detected in 3 (1.5%) samples. All positively tested samples belonged to the category pastries, specifically: Caesar wrap, Caprese mozzarella and dried tomatoes tortilla, Halloumi cheese and roasted pepper tortilla. The results of this study indicate that consumption of RTE foods can pose a risk of listeriosis, especially for consumers from susceptible risk groups.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40301 - Veterinary science

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Maso International

ISSN

1805-5281

e-ISSN

1805-529X

Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

33-40

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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