scholarly journals Causes and factors related to pig carcass condemnation

2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (No. 4) ◽  
pp. 194-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Garcia-Diez ◽  
AC Coelho
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Health Food ◽  
Granulomatous Lymphadenitis ◽  
Swine Diseases

Ante mortem and post mortem carcass condemnation records could be of use as a potential database for the study of swine diseases, epidemiology or animal welfare. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the causes of ante mortem rejections and post mortem carcass condemnation of pigs intended for human consumption during a 78-month period. The records considered for study were, date of slaughter, total pigs slaughtered and total number of ante mortem rejections (deaths during transportation and deaths in the pens) and post mortem carcass condemnations (osteomyelitis, caseous lymphadenitis, erysipelas, cachexia, pale, soft and exudative meat (PSE), bloody meat, muscular necrosis, purulent nephritis, purulent metritis, jaundice, meats from febrile pigs and peritonitis). The influence of several factors such as year, season, mandatory fulfilment of a food chain information form (FCIf) and compulsory certification of swine drivers/transporters on ante mortem rejections and post mortem carcass condemnation was also studied. A total of 161 001 pigs slaughtered resulted in 238 (0.15%) ante mortem deaths, 160 763 pigs processed for meat consumption (99.7%) and 392 (0.24%) carcass condemnations. The ante mortem rejections revealed that 146 pigs (61.3%) died during transportation whereas 92 (38.7%) were rejected due to death in pens. The main causes of carcass condemnations were osteomyelitis (38.5%), granulomatous lymphadenitis (22.7%) and pleurisy/pneumonia (21.2%). A relationship was found between the month and ante mortem condemnations (P < 0.01), death losses during transport (P < 0.01) and between compulsory certification of animal transporters and deaths by transportation (P < 0.05). During the cold season, the probability of ante mortem rejections (OR = 1.84; CI 95%: 1.32–2.59) and death in pens (OR = 1.62; CI 95%: 1.02–2.57) was higher. The compulsory fulfilment of a food chain information form was not revealed to be significantly linked with the total number of carcass condemnations although the odds of ante mortem rejections were higher (OR = 2.10; CI 95%: 1.44–3.08) when it was not mandatory. Higher post mortem condemnations compared to ante mortem condemnations can be explained by the fact that several post mortem findings are asymptomatic in live animals. A progressive decrease in losses during transport was associated with on-farm improvements in animal welfare measures in addition with compulsory training of animal transporters. However, the consistent values of deaths in pens throughout the study period, with an increase during the winter, indicate a need for an improvement in the thermal conditions of the holding area in slaughterhouse. Regarding the post mortem condemnations, the improvement in animal welfare conditions may explain the decrease in osteomyelitis condemnations while the environmental origin of granulomatous lymphadenitis may be associated with region, climate or with the presence of hosts that may explain the influence of the time of year on its variations. The FCIf was implemented as a measure to improve the transparency of food safety and animal health in the food chain from farm to fork. Although osteomyelitis and granulomatous lymphadenitis condemnations were influenced by the FCIf, this relationship cannot be fully explained due to the scarce information related to disease prevalence and/or diagnostics at the farm level. Consequently, the improvement in food safety elicited by this measure is not entirely clear. Data on carcass condemnation could be used to verify the emergence, evolution and control of swine diseases as well as to improve animal health, food safety and veterinary public health programs and/or strategies according to the epidemiological context, with the ultimate aim of guaranteeing public health.  

Animal Health – The Scientist

2001 ◽  
Vol 2001 ◽  
pp. 272-273
Author(s):  
D.S. Edwards ◽  
A.M. Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
It Impacts ◽  
Food Animal ◽  
Gross Lesions ◽  
Cattle And Sheep

Food animal health impacts on productivity, animal welfare and human health. What happens to an animal on the farm and its resulting health status has an important influence on the quality, safety and wholesomeness of the meat and offal obtained from that animal. Our research has largely been focused on the environmental influences on beef cattle and sheep health, the farm environment and management, in particular and how it impacts on veterinary public health, i.e. food safety, and animal welfare. The main objective of the study was to examine the use of information about the health and management of cattle and lambs on the farm to predict the risk of visible lesions at slaughter. Th e feasibility of identifying farm-level risk factors for gross lesions detectable during post-mortem meat inspection has been investigated, from which the findings of the sheep study have been published (Edwards, et al. 1999).

scholarly journals Plesiomonas: A Review on Food Safety, Fish-Borne Diseases, and Tilapia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Alejandro De Jesús Cortés-Sánchez ◽  
Luis Daniel Espinosa-Chaurand ◽  
Mayra Díaz-Ramirez ◽  
Erika Torres-Ochoa
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Fundamental Property ◽  
Gastrointestinal Diseases ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Plesiomonas Shigelloides ◽  
Food Borne ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Public Health Challenge ◽  
And Control

Fish and fish products are considered a fundamental part of the human diet due to their high nutritional value. Food-borne diseases are considered a major public health challenge worldwide due to their incidence, associated mortality, and negative economic repercussions. Food safety is the guarantee that foods will not cause harm to the health of those who consume them, and it is a fundamental property of food quality. Food safety can be at risk of being lost at any stage of the food chain if the food is contaminated by pathogenic microorganisms. Many diverse bacteria are present in the environment and as part of the microbiota of food that can be transmitted to humans during the handling and consumption of food. Plesiomonas shigelloides has been mainly associated with outbreaks of gastrointestinal diseases due to the consumption of fish. This bacterium inhabits the environment and aquatic animals and is associated with the microbiota of fish such as tilapia, a fish of importance in fishing, aquaculture, commercialization, and consumption worldwide. The purpose of this document is to provide, through a bibliographic review of databases (Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar, among others), a general informative perspective on food-borne diseases and, in particular, the consumption of fish and tilapia. Diseases derived from contamination by Plesiomonas shigelloides are included, and control and prevention actions and sanitary regulations for fishery products established in several countries around the world are discussed to promote the safety of foods of aquatic origin intended for human consumption and to protect public health.

scholarly journals Inventory of microbial species with a rationale: a comparison of the IDF/EFFCA inventory of microbial food cultures with the EFSA Biohazard Panel qualified presumption of safety

2019 ◽  
Vol 366 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. i83-i88
Author(s):  
F Bourdichon ◽  
S Laulund ◽  
P Tenning
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
European Food Safety Authority ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Microbial Species ◽  
Food Cultures ◽  
Food And Feed ◽  
Microbial Strains ◽  
International Dairy Federation

ABSTRACT In order to provide a harmonised preassessment to support risk assessment performed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the Biohazard Panel in 2007 published guidelines for evaluation of the safety of a strain included in the food chain, the Qualified Presumption of Safety (QPS). Since 2008, the Biohazard Panel has published on a regular basis an update of the microbial strains submitted for approval and extends the list of species which have been granted QPS status. The International Dairy Federation (IDF) and the European Food and Feed Cultures Association (EFFCA) have, since 2002, been conducting a project on the safety demonstration of microbial food cultures (MFCs). Following the publication of IDF Bulletin 377–2002, an inventory of MFCs was published in IDF Bulletin 455–2012 and updated most recently in IDF Bulletin 495–2018. These two lists developed by EFSA (QPS) and IDF/EFFCA both propose as an outcome an inventory of microbial species that are safe for human consumption. To avoid confusion when these two inventories are compared, this review attempts to explain the rationale that was used to develop them and explain how the two lists should be understood.

scholarly journals USDA Multi-Agency Project: Collaboration in Animal Health, Food Safety & Epidemiology (CAHFSE)

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. R. Kraeling ◽  
Eric J. Bush ◽  
N. E. Wineland ◽  
N. Anandaraman ◽  
S. Ladely ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Health Food

scholarly journals Veterinary education on fostering food safety and governance achieving a healthy nation in Bangladesh

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
M. Mufizur Rahman ◽  
S. M. Lutful Kabir
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Veterinary Medicine ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Quality ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Public Health Authority ◽  
Veterinary Education ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
Safety Control

Since veterinary medicine plays an important role in assuring a nation's food safety, therefore the present status of our food safety, where large numbers of consumers in Bangladesh have become victims of consuming adulterated foods, needs to be enhanced and governed by the guideline of veterinary and public health educators. This article highlights the need of an integrated collaborative approach between academicians and government officials for the creation and dissemination of food-safety teaching driving force to mitigate food borne diseases, ensure food safety, control mischievous and fraudulent adulteration – all destined to a harmonious national health strategic action plan. Veterinary education is very effective for cor- rect implementation of the stable to table concept and best serves the public when it is updated on current market needs of food products and measures protecting animal health. Universities in Europe and USA have adjusted their veterinary medicine curricula during the past few years. Experts predicted determinant changes by 2020 that would influence the work of the veterinarians. All of them are in favor of placing food quality and food safety and public health as the highest priorities in future veterinary education. In Bangladesh, Universities and Veterinary Colleges are producing qualified Veterinary Food Hygienists to deal with matters of health and demands for consumers’ food protection. The veterinary education blends veterinarians with strong capacity to advocate the assurance of food quality and safety from farm to fork. Government in collaboration with veterinary food hygienist should advocate academic and field covered sciencebased food safety system. It is hoped that in the near future Bangladesh will come forward with veterinary public health responsibilities incorporated in national food safety program. The concerned authorities in collaboration with international public health authority like WHO should establish a center for food safety, food quality control, and zoonoses.

scholarly journals Collaboration in animal health & food safety epidemiology: swine data

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula J. Fedorka-Cray ◽  
R. R. Kraeling ◽  
N. E. Wineland ◽  
D. A. Dargatz ◽  
E. J. Busch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Health Food

scholarly journals Food Safety, Fish and Listeriosis

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 1908
Author(s):  
Alejandro De Jesús Cortés Sánchez ◽  
Martha Lorena Guzmán Robles ◽  
Rodolfo Garza Torres ◽  
Luis Daniel Espinosa Chaurand ◽  
Mayra Diaz Ramirez
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Hazard Analysis ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Nutritional Composition ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Critical Control Points ◽  
Haccp System ◽  
Causative Agents ◽  
Microbiological Criteria

Listeria monocytogenes is a food pathogen responsible for listeriosis, a relevant disease in public health worldwide. The genus Listeria spp., corresponds to cosmopolitan bacteria and capable of surviving different adverse conditions, which increases the risk for the food to be contaminated at any stage of the food chain. Fish and fish products are foods of high production level and, due to their chemical or nutritional composition, are highly susceptible to deterioration and contamination by pathogens in their productive chain relating to cases of listeriosis. Derived from the incidence and human mortality due to causative agents of listeriosis, along with their resistance to antimicrobials, they have acquired a greater emphasis on human health, animal health and food industry, resulting in the implementation of safety systems such as good hygiene practices, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) system, analytical methods and microbiological criteria, as some of the actions to contribute to the food safety and public health protection. The purpose of this review document is to provide, in a general way, aspects involved in foodborne illnesses, specifically listeriosis and its association with fish as a transmitting food, considering the prevention and control measures of this disease through food. It also includes aspects related to antimicrobial resistance by bacterial isolates obtained from fish, their implications and health risks.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document