Agency will monitor microbiological aspects in chicken meat
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What is the impact of veterinary medicines used in the production of chicken for the health of the population? To what extent this use contributes to the emergence of bacteria resistant to antibiotics? To answer these and other questions, the National Sanitary Surveillance Agency works on the extension of stock tracking program developed by the National Monitoring and prevalence of bacterial resistance in chicken - PREBAF.
The PREBAF (Phase II) aims to develop and implement methodologies in laboratories
public health to support the scientific analysis on the prevalence and the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of four microorganisms in chicken meat sold in Brazil. Besides Salmonella spp, Enterococcus sp, already discussed in PREBAF (Phase I), the new program will monitor the Listeria monocytogenes and Campylobacter sp.
According to general manager of the Food Anvisa, Denise Resende, the inclusion of Listeria in the analysis is justified because this organism is part of the normal microflora of chicken and is a pathogen of importance in public health studies without resistance. "For Campylobacter, there is concern about the drug use of last generation with a history of resistance in other countries," says Denise.
Workshop
The first step in consolidating the PREBAF (Stage II) occurred in early March (03 and 04), in Rio de Janeiro (RJ). Representatives of the Ministry of Health, Anvisa, National Institute of Quality Control in Health (INCQS), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Adolfo Lutz and the National Sanitary Surveillance workshop held to assess the first stage and design the new project.
At the meeting, was discussed the possibility of analyzing a sample of 4.8 thousand units of carcasses or cooled and frozen chicken to be collected (50% and 50% freezing cold). It was established that in PREBAF (Phase II) will be identified key points that allow traceability of the chickens tested, according to the results.
First Phase
The first PREBAF was executed between August 2004 and July 2006 in 13 states and the Distrito Federal. These states together accounted for 83% of Brazilian production of chicken during the search.
Information: Ascom / Press office of Anvisa
Source: Anvisa
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