Abstract
Intestines are used for the production of natural casings as edible sausage containers. Derived from animals (pigs and sheep) experimentally infected with FMDV (initial dosage 10(7.3) PFU/ml, strain O(1Kaufbeuren)), these natural casings were treated with sodium chloride or a phosphate salts/sodium chloride mixture and the residual FMDV titres measured. After storage at about 20 degrees C, no remaining infectivity was found after either treatment, whereas casings stored at 4 degrees C still contained infectivity. Storage of salted casings at about 20 degrees C for 30 days is already part of the Standard Operating Procedures (included in HACCP) of the international casing industry and can therefore be considered as a protective measure for the international trade in natural casings.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 214-9 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | International Journal of Food Microbiology |
Volume | 115 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 Apr 2007 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Consumer Product Safety
- Food Handling
- Food-Processing Industry
- Foot-and-Mouth Disease
- Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus
- Intestine, Small
- Meat Products
- Risk Assessment
- Sheep
- Swine
- Temperature
- Time Factors
- Zoonoses