FAO
FAO & WHO. 2023. Measures for the control of non-typhoidal Salmonella spp. in poultry meat – Meeting report. Microbiological Risk Assessment Series, No. 45. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc9026e
Executive summary
Scope and objectives
In response to a request from the 52nd Session of the Codex Committee on Food
Hygiene (CCFH), the FAO/WHO Joint Expert Meetings on Microbiological
Risk Assessment (JEMRA) convened a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland from 12 to 16
September 2022, to collate and assess the most recent scientific information
relating to the control of non-typhoidal (NT)-Salmonella spp. in chicken meat,
including a review of the Codex Guidelines for the Control of Campylobacter
and Salmonella in Chicken Meat (CXG 78-2011). 1 The group of subject matter
experts reviewed the available data on NT Salmonella spp. control in the broiler
production chain, including scientific literature published since 2008 and
data submitted in response to a call for data for this meeting. The experts: 1)
determined the extent to which various control measures, good hygiene practices
(GHPs) or hazard-based control measures (targeted to reduce NT-Salmonella
spp.), provided adequate evidence for assessing their efficacy; 2) evaluated the
impact or efficacy of control measures relevant to NT-Salmonella spp. in the
broiler production chain, noting the variability of the impact reviewed and
recommended revisions to the Guidelines for the Control of Campylobacter and
Salmonella in Chicken Meat (CXG 78-2011), Paragraphs 1 to 114, based on the
evidence currently available (Annex 3).
Based on evaluation criteria such as the number, quality, applicability and
representativeness of reports and research on a particular intervention available
for screening, many control measures lacked sufficient evidence to allow the
experts to assess their effectivness.
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