Microbiological quality of petfood in Poland

• Autorzy: Wojdat E. , Kwiatek K. , Zasadny R.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

From epidemiological and safety point of view, petfoods produced from edible and non-edible animal by-products should be safe for slaughter animals, owners of these pets and environment. Domestic animals are recognized as highly important reservoir of pathogenic microorganisms for man. The close contact of people and especially children with pets may constitute a serious hazard for their health. Taking these aspects into account, the study was undertaken in which 2271 dried and 18 canned petfood samples were examined. Moreover, 14, 90, 23 and 22 samples of petfoods were examined for presence or number of Clostridium sp., Enterobacteriaceae, total plate count, and yeast and moulds, respectively. Salmonella was isolated from 22 (1%) out of 2271 dried petfood samples examined. Number of Enterobacteriaceae was higher than 300 cfu/g, i.e. the allowed maximum level was found in 9 (10%) samples examined. The rest of microbiological quality parameters did not exceed the allowed values.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Salmonella; hygiene; tinned petfood; Poland; microbiological quality; petfood; animal feeding; dried petfood

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences
• Rocznik: 2004
• Tom: 07
• Numer: 3
• Opis fizyczny: p.207-209,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Wojdat E.

• National Veterinary Research Institute, Partyzantow 57, 24-100 Pulawy, Poland

autor

Kwiatek K.

autor

Zasadny R.

Bibliografia

• International Standard ISO 6579 (2003) Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs. Horizontal method for the detection of Salmonella sp..
• Polish Standard PN-R-64791 (1994) Pasze. Wymagania i badania mikrobiologiczne (Animal feeding stuffs. Re­quirements and microbiological examination).
• Polish Standard PN-R-64792 (1997) Pasze. Oznaczanie bakterii z rodzaju Enterobacteriaceae. Metoda najbar­dziej prawdopodobnej liczby (NPL) i metoda liczenia kolonii. [Animal feeding stuffs - Enumeration of En­terobacteriaceae - Most probable number (MPN) and colony count techniques].
• Regulation (EC) No. 1774 (2002) of the European Parlia­ment and Regulation of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption.
• Wojdat E, Kwiatek K (2003) Stan mikrobiologiczny karm dla zwierząt towarzyszących. Higiena 12: 18-19.