Changes in the EU legislation on Trichinella inspection -: New challenges in the epidemiology

被引:31
作者
Kapel, CMO [1 ]
机构
[1] Royal Vet & Agr Univ, Danish Ctr Expt Parasitol, DK-1870 Frederiksberg, Denmark
关键词
meat inspection; Trichinella-free fanning; herd certification; pre-harvest control;
D O I
10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.05.055
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
The European Union (EU) countries are searching for new ways to certify meat free of Trichinella; however, with the expansion of the EU, the acceptance of a unilateral method is complicated by the variability of pig and human trichinellosis among EU countries, where significantly higher prevalence rates have been observed in the newly added eastern countries. Several attempts have been made to define Trichinella-free areas, but certification of Trichinella-free pig production farms appears to be the only feasible approach. The increasing prevalence of the non-encapsulating species, Trichinella pseudospiralis, in game, domestic pigs and humans has eliminated the compression technique from the new EU legislation to be enacted in 2006. Also, the observation that several species of Trichinella tolerate freezing in horse meat for up to 4 weeks has forced a change in legislation as well where freezing is no longer an option for certifying horse meat. Because current serological detection methods are not suited for meat inspection, classical direct detection methods and inactivation by freezing remain the methods of choice for pork. It has been proposed, therefore, to automate direct inspection methods as a cost effective alternative to certify pig farms free of Trichinella. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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