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Validation of a same-day real-time PCR method for screening of meat and carcass swabs for Salmonella
DTU Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6492-1245
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2009 (English)In: BMC Microbiology, E-ISSN 1471-2180, Vol. 9, article id 85Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Background. One of the major sources of human Salmonella infections is meat. Therefore, efficient and rapid monitoring of Salmonella in the meat production chain is necessary. Validation of alternative methods is needed to prove that the performance is equal to established methods. Very few of the published PCR methods for Salmonella have been validated in collaborative studies. This study describes a validation including comparative and collaborative trials, based on the recommendations from the Nordic organization for validation of alternative microbiological methods (NordVal) of a same-day, non-commercial real-time PCR method for detection of Salmonella in meat and carcass swabs. Results. The comparative trial was performed against a reference method (NMKL-71:5, 1999) using artificially and naturally contaminated samples (60 minced veal and pork meat samples, 60 poultry neck-skins, and 120 pig carcass swabs). The relative accuracy was 99%, relative detection level 100%, relative sensitivity 103% and relative specificity 100%. The collaborative trial included six laboratories testing minced meat, poultry neck-skins, and carcass swabs as un-inoculated samples and samples artificially contaminated with 110 CFU/25 g, and 10100 CFU/25 g. Valid results were obtained from five of the laboratories and used for the statistical analysis. Apart from one of the non-inoculated samples being false positive with PCR for one of the laboratories, no false positive or false negative results were reported. Partly based on results obtained in this study, the method has obtained NordVal approval for analysis of Salmonella in meat and carcass swabs. The PCR method was transferred to a production laboratory and the performance was compared with the BAX Salmonella test on 39 pork samples artificially contaminated with Salmonella. There was no significant difference in the results obtained by the two methods. Conclusion. The real-time PCR method for detection of Salmonella in meat and carcass swabs was validated in comparative and collaborative trials according to NordVal recommendations. The PCR method was found to perform well. The test is currently being implemented for screening of several hundred thousand samples per year at a number of major Danish slaughterhouses to shorten the post-slaughter storage time and facilitate the swift export of fresh meat. © 2009 Löfström et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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2009. Vol. 9, article id 85
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article, bacterium identification, carcass, controlled study, false negative result, false positive result, food contamination, intermethod comparison, meat, nonhuman, real time polymerase chain reaction, Salmonella, screening, sensitivity and specificity, validation study, food control, isolation and purification, methodology, microbiological examination, microbiology, polymerase chain reaction, Suidae, bacterial DNA, Bacteriological Techniques, DNA, Bacterial, Food Microbiology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-39030DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-85Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-67649341523OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-39030DiVA, id: diva2:1324718
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