The effect of carbon dioxide packaging on detection of Campylobacter jejuni from chicken carcasses.

Commercially-processed broilers were held at 4 C in carbon dioxide(CO2)-flushed bags or in natural atmosphere for nine days prior to determining the most probable number of Campylobacter jejuni on individual carcasses. Fifty broilers were evaluated. The CO2-enriched atmosphere packaging of broilers had no detectable effect on the C. jejuni populations.