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Vol. 1 No. 1zero (2011)
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2011.845

FOOD SAFETY AND PROCESS HYGIENE CRITERIONS ON SHEEP CARCASSES

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Received: 4 January 2013
Published: 8 January 2011
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sheep carcasses, microbiological status, slaughtering process, meat hygiene

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R. Mazzette
lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
Sez. Ispezione degli Alimenti di O.A, Dip. Biologia Animale - Università di Sassari, Italy.
G. Busia
Sez. Ispezione degli Alimenti di O.A, Dip. Biologia Animale - Università di Sassari, Italy.
A. Mureddu
Sez. Ispezione degli Alimenti di O.A, Dip. Biologia Animale - Università di Sassari, Italy.
G. Fois
ASL n. 1, Sassari, Italy.
R. Marrosu
ASL n. 1, Sassari, Italy.
F. Cadeddu
ASL n. 3, Nuoro, Italy.
G. Sedda
ASL n. 3, Nuoro, Italy.
S. Flumini
ASL n. 3, Nuoro, Italy.
A. Uras
ASL n. 3, Nuoro, Italy.
R. Melillo
Sez. Ispezione degli Alimenti di O.A, Dip. Biologia Animale - Università di Sassari, Italy.
D. Meloni
Sez. Ispezione degli Alimenti di O.A, Dip. Biologia Animale - Università di Sassari, Italy.
The hygienic status and the presence of some pathogens (Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes e Salmonella spp.) at slaughterhouses was evaluated in different matrix of sheep and lambs (carcass surface, faeces, fleeces and mesenteric lymph nodes) according to the Com. Reg. (EC) No 2073/2005. The 48% of sheep and 68.9% of lamb sampled carcasses resulted allocated into the marginal category for Aerobic colony count, while the 28% and 42.2% respectively were allocated into unacceptable category for Enterobacteriaceae. S.aureus was isolated more frequently in fleeces (11.5%), carcasses (12.6%) of lambs than sheep. L. monocytogenes was found in fleeces and carcass of two sheep and in faeces of four lambs, while Salmonella spp. was detected only in sheep carcasses of a single plant.

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FOOD SAFETY AND PROCESS HYGIENE CRITERIONS ON SHEEP CARCASSES. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2011 Jan. 8 [cited 2026 May 17];1(1zero):99-102. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2011.1S.99

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