Identifying and modeling meteorological risk factors associated with pre-harvest contamination of Listeria species in a mixed produce and dairy farm

This study sought to investigate the prevalence of Listeria species (including L. monocytogenes) in a mixed produce and dairy farm and to identify specific meteorological factors affecting Listeria spp. presence. Environmental samples were collected monthly from locations within the mixed farm over...

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Veröffentlicht in:Food research international 2017-12, Vol.102, p.355-363
Hauptverfasser: Pang, Hao, McEgan, Rachel, Mishra, Abhinav, Micallef, Shirley A., Pradhan, Abani K.
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Zusammenfassung:This study sought to investigate the prevalence of Listeria species (including L. monocytogenes) in a mixed produce and dairy farm and to identify specific meteorological factors affecting Listeria spp. presence. Environmental samples were collected monthly from locations within the mixed farm over 14months and were analyzed for Listeria spp. Meteorological factors were evaluated for their association with the presence of Listeria spp. by using logistic regression (LR) and random forest (RF). The developed LR model identified wind speed and precipitation as significant risk factors (P
ISSN:0963-9969
1873-7145
DOI:10.1016/j.foodres.2017.09.029