Cross contamination is one of the most important contributing factors in foodborne illness
originating in household environments. The objective of this research was to determine the
transfer between naturally contaminated chicken liver and leg to cutting board, hand glove,
knife and cucumber, during slicing. The microorganism tested was Campylobacter jejuni and
the results showed that the pathogen transferred to all utensils, at different transfer rate, despite
the low level of the naturally contaminating pathogen. With unknown concentration bacteria in
the naturally contaminated samples, a proportion of the utensils were still contaminated with C.
jejuni and not surprisingly, when the sample were contaminated with higher concentrations of
the pathogen, a higher proportion of the utensils had detectable C. jejuni cells present, though
in many cases cross contamination seems to be a random event. Transfer of the naturally
contaminating C. jejuni from the chicken liver and leg to the utensils were <3.0 to 9.2 MPN/g
and <3.0 to 3.0 MPN/g, respectively. The results of this study highlighted the potential for cross
contamination of food borne pathogens in the kitchen environment
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