Di Pinto Angela, Novello Lucia, Montemurro Filomena, Bonerba Elisabetta, Tantillo Giuseppina
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi, Bari, Italy.
New Microbiol. 2010 Jul;33(3):249-52.
The study provides data on the prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods from supermarkets in Southern Italy. The pathogen was detected in 105/1045 (10%) RTE food samples. In particular, it was highlighted in 4/392 (1%) pastries, 23/112 (20.5%) vacuum-packaged sliced salami samples, 2/108 (1.9%) cream cheese samples, 31/115 (27%) mayonnaise based deli salads and 45/132 (34.1%) smoked salmon samples. The mozzarella samples were L. monocytogenes negative. Given the considerable public health implications, the study confirms that surveillance of listeriosis in Europe should be improved and coordinated between European Union Member States in order to better estimate the burden of disease and to prevent foodborne outbreaks, assessing the human health risk arising from RTE foods.
该研究提供了意大利南部超市即食（RTE）食品中单核细胞增生李斯特菌的流行数据。在1045份RTE食品样本中的105份（10%）检测到了该病原体。具体而言，在392份糕点中的4份（1%）、112份真空包装切片萨拉米香肠样本中的23份（20.5%）、108份奶油芝士样本中的2份（1.9%）、115份蛋黄酱熟食沙拉中的31份（27%）以及132份烟熏三文鱼样本中的45份（34.1%）中检测到该病原体。马苏里拉奶酪样本未检测到单核细胞增生李斯特菌。鉴于其对公众健康的重大影响，该研究证实，欧洲应加强对李斯特菌病的监测，并在欧盟成员国之间进行协调，以便更好地评估疾病负担并预防食源性疾病暴发，评估即食食品对人类健康造成的风险。
