Prevalence of Norovirus in produce sold at retail in the United Kingdom.
Lettuce
Norovirus
Prevalence
Raspberries
Retail
Journal
Food microbiology
ISSN: 1095-9998
Titre abrégé: Food Microbiol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8601127
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2019
Jun 2019
Historique:
received:
12
05
2018
revised:
27
11
2018
accepted:
04
12
2018
entrez:
10
1
2019
pubmed:
10
1
2019
medline:
19
4
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To acquire data on contamination with Norovirus in berry fruit and salad vegetables in the United Kingdom, one thousand one hundred and fifty two samples of fresh produce sold at retail in the UK were analysed for Norovirus. Of 568 samples of lettuce, 30 (5.3%) were Norovirus-positive. Most (24/30) lettuce samples which tested positive for Norovirus were grown in the UK and 19 of those 24 samples contained NoV GI. Seven/310 (2.3%) samples of fresh raspberries were Norovirus-positive. Most (6/7) of the positively-testing fresh raspberry samples were imported, but no predominance of a genogroup, or any seasonality, was observed. Ten/274 (3.6%) samples of frozen raspberries were Norovirus-positive. The country of origin of the positively-testing frozen raspberry samples was not identified in most (7/10) instances. The collected data add to the currently limited body of prevalence information on Norovirus in fresh produce, and indicate the need for implementation of effective food safety management of foodborne viruses.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30621879
pii: S0740-0020(18)30438-6
doi: 10.1016/j.fm.2018.12.003
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
85-89Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Ltd.