Incidence of Listeria spp. in domestic refrigerators in Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: Azevedo, Inês
Data de Publicação: 2005
Outros Autores: Regalo, Mafalda, Mena, Cristina, Almeida, Gonçalo, Carneiro, Luísa, Teixeira, Paula, Hogg, Tim, Gibbs, Paul A.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/3385
Resumo: The main objectives of this study were to determine the incidence of Listeria spp. in Portuguese domestic refrigerators and to evaluate some of the hygienic practices in the domestic environment that might contribute to the persistence of the organisms. It was found that L. monocytogenes was present in 3 domestic refrigerators of the 86 investigated. L. grayi and L. innocua were also isolated from 4 and 1 refrigerators, respectively. Overall, the information obtained from our survey demonstrates the need for consumer education in Portugal regarding safe food handling practices. For the refrigerators investigated, ≈71% were operating at a temperature higher than 6.1ºC, 87% were cleaned only monthly or less frequently, and only 8% were cleaned with appropriate proprietary cleaning products available in supermarkets.
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spelling Incidence of Listeria spp. in domestic refrigerators in PortugalL. monocytogenesIncidenceFood safetyThe main objectives of this study were to determine the incidence of Listeria spp. in Portuguese domestic refrigerators and to evaluate some of the hygienic practices in the domestic environment that might contribute to the persistence of the organisms. It was found that L. monocytogenes was present in 3 domestic refrigerators of the 86 investigated. L. grayi and L. innocua were also isolated from 4 and 1 refrigerators, respectively. Overall, the information obtained from our survey demonstrates the need for consumer education in Portugal regarding safe food handling practices. For the refrigerators investigated, ≈71% were operating at a temperature higher than 6.1ºC, 87% were cleaned only monthly or less frequently, and only 8% were cleaned with appropriate proprietary cleaning products available in supermarkets.ElsevierVeritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaAzevedo, InêsRegalo, MafaldaMena, CristinaAlmeida, GonçaloCarneiro, LuísaTeixeira, PaulaHogg, TimGibbs, Paul A.2010-11-11T16:20:59Z20052005-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/3385engAZEVEDO, Inês ...[et al.] - Incidence of Listeria spp. in domestic refrigerators in Portugal. Food Control. ISSN 0956-7135. Vol. 16, n.º 2 (2005), p. 121–12410.1016/j.foodcont.2003.12.0064444332032000224019400005info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-12T17:09:25Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/3385Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:05:03.611228Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Incidence of Listeria spp. in domestic refrigerators in Portugal
title Incidence of Listeria spp. in domestic refrigerators in Portugal
spellingShingle Incidence of Listeria spp. in domestic refrigerators in Portugal
Azevedo, Inês
L. monocytogenes
Incidence
Food safety
title_short Incidence of Listeria spp. in domestic refrigerators in Portugal
title_full Incidence of Listeria spp. in domestic refrigerators in Portugal
title_fullStr Incidence of Listeria spp. in domestic refrigerators in Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Incidence of Listeria spp. in domestic refrigerators in Portugal
title_sort Incidence of Listeria spp. in domestic refrigerators in Portugal
author Azevedo, Inês
author_facet Azevedo, Inês
Regalo, Mafalda
Mena, Cristina
Almeida, Gonçalo
Carneiro, Luísa
Teixeira, Paula
Hogg, Tim
Gibbs, Paul A.
author_role author
author2 Regalo, Mafalda
Mena, Cristina
Almeida, Gonçalo
Carneiro, Luísa
Teixeira, Paula
Hogg, Tim
Gibbs, Paul A.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Azevedo, Inês
Regalo, Mafalda
Mena, Cristina
Almeida, Gonçalo
Carneiro, Luísa
Teixeira, Paula
Hogg, Tim
Gibbs, Paul A.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv L. monocytogenes
Incidence
Food safety
topic L. monocytogenes
Incidence
Food safety
description The main objectives of this study were to determine the incidence of Listeria spp. in Portuguese domestic refrigerators and to evaluate some of the hygienic practices in the domestic environment that might contribute to the persistence of the organisms. It was found that L. monocytogenes was present in 3 domestic refrigerators of the 86 investigated. L. grayi and L. innocua were also isolated from 4 and 1 refrigerators, respectively. Overall, the information obtained from our survey demonstrates the need for consumer education in Portugal regarding safe food handling practices. For the refrigerators investigated, ≈71% were operating at a temperature higher than 6.1ºC, 87% were cleaned only monthly or less frequently, and only 8% were cleaned with appropriate proprietary cleaning products available in supermarkets.
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