Prevalence of Listeria Species in Ready-to-Eat Food in Shahrekord Restaurants
Abstract Background and Objective: Listeria bacteria with worldwide widespread are commonly found in soil, sewage, dust and water. Among which,Listeria monocytogenes can cause a serious food-borne disease. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Listeria species in ready-to-...
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| description | Abstract Background and Objective: Listeria bacteria with worldwide widespread are commonly found in soil, sewage, dust and water. Among which,Listeria monocytogenes can cause a serious food-borne disease. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Listeria species in ready-to-eat foods. Material and Methods: The samples (n=235) including oloveyh salad (n = 64), Yogurt stew (n= 35), vegetable salad (n=52), macaroni salad (n= 48) and meat salad (n =36) were collected from the restaurants in Shahrekord, Iran. Enrichment and selective media were used to determine the prevalence of Listeria species. . Results: The results showed that 8.5 % of the samples were infected by Listeria spp. The highest were isolated from vegetable salad (17.3%) and the lowest from macaroni salad (4.2%). Listeria monocytogenes was isolated from 7 samples (3.0%). Other isolated species were L.innocua (4.7%) and L.seeligeri (0.9%). Conclusion: It seems that eating ready-to- eat food or raw and undercooked foods has the potential risk of contamination to the Listeria species. Keywords: Listeria, Ready- to- Eat Food, Shahrekord |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3a1d0886971b4736a2a7cf9b4bbe88be2022-12-21T21:57:37ZengGolestan University of Medical SciencesMedical Laboratory Journal2538-44492014-07-01828387Prevalence of Listeria Species in Ready-to-Eat Food in Shahrekord RestaurantsE Rahimi0A Shakerian1 Associate Professor of Food Hygiene, School of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord Branch, Shahrekord, Iran Associate Professor of Food Hygiene, School of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord Branch, Shahrekord, Iran Abstract Background and Objective: Listeria bacteria with worldwide widespread are commonly found in soil, sewage, dust and water. Among which,Listeria monocytogenes can cause a serious food-borne disease. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Listeria species in ready-to-eat foods. Material and Methods: The samples (n=235) including oloveyh salad (n = 64), Yogurt stew (n= 35), vegetable salad (n=52), macaroni salad (n= 48) and meat salad (n =36) were collected from the restaurants in Shahrekord, Iran. Enrichment and selective media were used to determine the prevalence of Listeria species. . Results: The results showed that 8.5 % of the samples were infected by Listeria spp. The highest were isolated from vegetable salad (17.3%) and the lowest from macaroni salad (4.2%). Listeria monocytogenes was isolated from 7 samples (3.0%). Other isolated species were L.innocua (4.7%) and L.seeligeri (0.9%). Conclusion: It seems that eating ready-to- eat food or raw and undercooked foods has the potential risk of contamination to the Listeria species. Keywords: Listeria, Ready- to- Eat Food, Shahrekordhttp://mlj.goums.ac.ir/article-1-454-en.htmllisteriaready- to- eat foodshahrekord |
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| title | Prevalence of Listeria Species in Ready-to-Eat Food in Shahrekord Restaurants |
| title_full | Prevalence of Listeria Species in Ready-to-Eat Food in Shahrekord Restaurants |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of Listeria Species in Ready-to-Eat Food in Shahrekord Restaurants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of Listeria Species in Ready-to-Eat Food in Shahrekord Restaurants |
| title_short | Prevalence of Listeria Species in Ready-to-Eat Food in Shahrekord Restaurants |
| title_sort | prevalence of listeria species in ready to eat food in shahrekord restaurants |
| topic | listeria ready- to- eat food shahrekord |
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