Listeria spp. in Street-Vended Ready-to-Eat Foods
Joint Authors
Mañes, Jordi
El-Shenawy, Moustafa
El-Shenawy, Mohamed
Soriano, Jose M.
Source
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-12-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Street-vended ready-to-eat food sold in Egypt, including sandwiches and dishes of traditional food, was examined for the presence of Listeria species.
Out of 576 samples, 24% were found to contain Listeria species.
L.
monocytogenes and L.
innocua were isolated from 57% and 39% of the contaminated samples, respectively.
Other Listeria spp.
were detected with lower frequency.
L.
monocytogenes of ≥103 CFU/g were detected in 7% of the total examined samples, which represent 49% of the contaminated food samples (meat, poultry, seafood, dairy products, and products of plant origin).
Most of the samples contaminated by L.
monocytogenes had high levels of total viable bacterial counts.
The results obtained may help to clarify the epidemiology of listeriosis in the country and draw the attention of the decision makers to issue hygienic regulations for food processing industries as well as street vendors in order to ensure safe street-vended ready-to-eat food.
American Psychological Association (APA)
El-Shenawy, Moustafa& El-Shenawy, Mohamed& Mañes, Jordi& Soriano, Jose M.. 2011. Listeria spp. in Street-Vended Ready-to-Eat Foods. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512169
Modern Language Association (MLA)
El-Shenawy, Moustafa…[et al.]. Listeria spp. in Street-Vended Ready-to-Eat Foods. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512169
American Medical Association (AMA)
El-Shenawy, Moustafa& El-Shenawy, Mohamed& Mañes, Jordi& Soriano, Jose M.. Listeria spp. in Street-Vended Ready-to-Eat Foods. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512169
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-512169