“Findings from the studies will help
FDA and members of the egg industry better understand routes of Salmonella
transmission”
A plan to chart the routes of
transmission for Salmonella species is the reason for a new cooperative
agreement between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and North
Carolina State University (NC State).
Beginning in September, FDA’s Center
for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) will begin working with NC
State’s Prestage Department of Poultry Science and the Piedmont Research
Station Poultry Unit to improve shell egg safety in the U.S. market.
CFSAN wants NC State researchers to
study the routes of transmission for Salmonella species, including but not
limited to Salmonella enteritidis (SE), within the shell egg production
industry.
“Of particular interest is determining
whether other Salmonella serotypes, such as Salmonella heidelberg (SH), behave
similarly to SE, since outbreaks have been caused from consumption of eggs
contaminated by SH,” read a CFSAN statement announcing the agreement.
“Findings from the studies will help
FDA and members of the egg industry better understand routes of Salmonella
transmission and the food safety controls necessary to prevent illnesses from
consumption of shell eggs,” it added.
FDA’s current egg rule went into
effect in stages, beginning in 2009. A year later, however, two Iowa egg farms
were responsible for one of the largest recalls of shell eggs in U.S. history over
SE contamination.
Aporte: Gianni Passalacqua
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