New on-farm salmonella tool aims to tackle issue

摘要

Pig producers are being encouraged to use a new salmonella on-farm risk-assessment tool as pressure mounts from the EU to reduce salmonella risk to consumers. Salmonella continues to be an issue in pigs, with 47% of pigs slaughtered in England containing some level of salmonella. However, despite a salmonella control plan being in place for the past 10 years under the Zoonoses National Control Programme (ZNCP), the level of disease has not changed. Under new plans for the ZNCP, BPEX, working in partnership with the industry, has decided to redirect money and suspend testing for salmonella antibodies at the abattoir using the meat juice ELISA test and instead will use the money for an on-farm risk-assessment tool.