Prevalence of O157 on the hands of food-workers
Authors: Kerr, K.G.; Seale, K.; Walbran, S.; Rajgopal, A.; Bentham, D.
Source: British Food Journal, Volume 105, Number 10, 2003 , pp. 678-681(4)
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Abstract:
A total of 94 food handlers working at 25 premises in the city of Bradford were examined to determine the prevalence of carriage of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on their hands. A total of 50 clerical workers who did not handle food on a professional basis were recruited as controls. All subjects made palmar impressions on 225mm2 plates containing modified cefixime-tellurite sorbitol MacConkey agar. In contrast with earlier studies, which examined only abattoir workers, none of the food-handlers or controls in this investigation carried the bacterium on their hands.Keywords: Contamination; Food safety; United Kingdom
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1108/00070700310506227
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