XXIV

Worlds Poultry Congress 5 - 9

August - 2012 Salvador - Bahia - Brazil

Salmonella Enteritidis risk assessmentshell eggs, egg products and influence

of the housing system
USDA-ARS, Richard B. Russell Agricultural
Research Center
950 College Station Road,
Athens, GA 30604, USA
Mike.musgrove@ars.usda.gov

Summary

Area: Commercial Egg Productions and Processing August 07

M. T. Musgrove and R. J. Buhr

uman outbreaks and sporadic cases of

salmonellosis have been linked to the
consumption of raw or undercooked
shell eggs.
In 1996, the Food Safety
Inspection Service (FSIS) began a comprehensive
look at risk factors related to transmission of
Salmonella Enteritidis through egg consumption.
As a result, risk assessment models that take into

consideration conditions from farm to consumer

have been developed. This work has contributed
to changes in US regulations from the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) on the farm and in liquid
egg product facilities from FSIS. Attitudes toward
caging layer hens have changed in recent years,
world-wide and in the US. A great deal of work
has been published in the European Union related
to effects of different housing and cages are being
phased out in commercial operations. Research is
being conducted to determine the different effects
attributable to layer cages, enriched cages, and cage
free systems. Many aspects are being considered
including: economics, energy use, environmental
effects, worker health, worker safety, bird morbidity
and mortality, behavior, and egg quality. Egg
safety is a major thrust of this work. Determining
differences in microbiological quality or safety and
how effects may be ameliorated by washing or
other processes is paramount.