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METZOON : Development of a quantitative microbial risk assessment for human salmonellosis through household consumption of fresh minced pork méat in Belgium.
Bollaerts, Kaatje; Messens, Winy; Delhalle, Laurent et al.
2009In Risk Analysis, 29 (6), p. 820-840
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Keywords :
Salmonella; QMRA; Pork meat
Abstract :
[en] A quantitative microbial risk assessment according to the Codex Alimentarius Principles is conducted to evaluate the risk on human salmonellosis through household consumption of fresh minced pork meat in Belgium. The quantitative exposure assessment is carried out by building a modular risk model, called the METZOON-model, which covers the pork production from farm to fork. In the METZOON-model, the food production pathway is split up in six consecutive modules: (1) primary production, (2) transport & lairage, (3) slaughterhouse, (4) post-processing, (5) distribution & storage and (6) preparation & consumption. All the modules are developed to resemble as closely as possible the Belgian situation making use of the available national data. Several statistical refinements and improved modeling techniques are proposed. The model produces highly realistic results. The baseline predicted number of annual salmonellosis cases is 20513 [st. dev. 9061.45]. The risk is estimated higher for the susceptible population [est. 4.713 × 10−5; st. dev. 1.466 × 10−5] compared to the normal population [est. 7.704 × 10−6; st. dev. 5.414 × 10−6] and is mainly due to cross contamination via cook’s hands and only for a small extent to undercooking.
Disciplines :
Microbiology
Author, co-author :
Bollaerts, Kaatje;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Messens, Winy;  Instituut voor Landbouw- en Visserijonderzoek = Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research
Delhalle, Laurent ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires > Microbiologie des denrées alimentaires
Aerts, Marc;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Van de Stede, Yves;  Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Vétérinaires Agronomiques = Centrum voor Onderzoek in Diergeneeskunde en Agrochemie - CERVA=CODA
Dewulf, Jeroen;  Universiteit Gent - Ugent
de Busser, Elisabeth;  Universiteit Gent - Ugent
Daube, Georges  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires > Microbiologie des denrées alimentaires
Maes, Dominique;  Universiteit Gent - Ugent
Mintiens, Koen;  Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Vétérinaires Agronomiques = Centrum voor Onderzoek in Diergeneeskunde en Agrochemie - CERVA=CODA
Grijspeerdt, Koen;  Instituut voor Landbouw- en Visserijonderzoek = Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research
Language :
English
Title :
METZOON : Development of a quantitative microbial risk assessment for human salmonellosis through household consumption of fresh minced pork méat in Belgium.
Publication date :
2009
Journal title :
Risk Analysis
ISSN :
0272-4332
eISSN :
1539-6924
Publisher :
Blackwell Publishing, Malden, United States - Massachusetts
Volume :
29
Issue :
6
Pages :
820-840
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
METZOON
Funders :
SPF Santé - Service Public Fédéral Santé publique. Sécurité de la Chaîne alimentaire et Environnement [BE]
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