Campylobacter outbreaks associated with poultry liver dishes

Authors

  • Tony Merritt Hunter New England Population Health, Hunter New England Local Health District, New South Wales
  • Barry Combs Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health, Western Australia
  • Nevada Pingault Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health, Western Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2011.35.29

Keywords:

Campylobacter, outbreak, poultry liver

Abstract

A recent increase in Campylobacter outbreaks associated with poultry liver dishes in Australia and the United Kingdom has highlighted potential foodborne illness risks if these dishes are undercooked. There is a need to develop and promote Australian guidelines for the safe preparation of poultry liver dishes.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Bacterial concentrations of poultry offal and in mechanically separated meat products at the processing plant. MAF technical paper No: 2011/59. May 2011. Accessed on 21 December 2011. Available from: http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/bacterial-concentrations-of-poultry-offal.pdf

Whyte R, Hudson J, Graham C. Campylobacter in chicken liver and their destruction by pan-frying. Lett Appl Microbiol 2006;43(6):591–595.

Health Protection Agency. Foodborne outbreaks of campylobacter associated with consumption of poultry liver pâté/parfait – spotlight on caterers and food safety. Health Protection Report 2010;4(48). News. Accessed on 21 December 2011. Available from: http://www.hpa.org.uk/hpr/archives/2010/news4810.htm

Health Protection Agency. How to spoil a wedding – foodborne campylobacter outbreaks at catering premises and catered events. Health Protection Report 2011; 5(48). Accessed on 21 December 2011. Available from: http://www.hpa.org.uk/hpr/archives/2011/hpr4811.pdf

Food Standards Agency. Caterers warned on chicken livers. 28 July 2010. London: FSA, 2010. Accessed on 21 December 2011. Available from: http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2010/jul/livers

Food Standards Agency. FSA reminds caterers about safe preparation of chicken livers. 3 December 2010. London: FSA, 2010. Accessed on 21 December 2011. Available from: http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2010/dec/liver

Food Standards Agency. Food poisoning risk from chicken liver pate. 2 December 2011. London: FSA, 2011. Accessed on 21 December 2011. Available from: http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2011/dec/campypate

Downloads

Published

01/12/11

How to Cite

Merritt, Tony, Barry Combs, and Nevada Pingault. 2011. “Campylobacter Outbreaks Associated With Poultry Liver Dishes”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 35 (December):299-300. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2011.35.29.

Issue

Vol. 35 (2011)

Section

Short report

Categories

License

Copyright (c) 2011 Communicable Diseases Intelligence

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Most read articles by the same author(s)

1 2 > >>