This co-project involving Evira’s Risk Assessment Research Unit, the Food and Feed Microbiology Research Unit and The Department of Food and Environmental Sciences of the University of Helsinki is financed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The aim of the project is to produce information for the risk management of Campylobacter and to develop follow-up programmes in the following ways, including amongst others:
1) clarifying how systematically Campylobacter occurs in batches of slaughtered broilers on individual farms,
2) producing information on the prevalence of campylobacter in swimming water,
3) producing information on the occurrence and quantity of Campylobacter in fresh meat,
4) comparing the sensitivity of PCR-analysis and the cultivation method and
5) developing an assessment model of relative risks of exposure transmitted by meat from fresh broiler, turkey, beef and pork and the environment.
Research Group
Jukka Ranta (Evira)
Pirkko Tuominen (Evira)
Antti Mikkelä (Evira)
Manuel Gonzalez (Evira)
Marjaana Hakkinen (Evira)
Marja-Liisa Hänninen (UH)
Ann-Katrin Llarena (UH)
The project is carried out by
Evira
University of Helsinki
Other co-operating parties
Atria Suomi Oy
HK Ruokatalo Oy
Saarioinen Oy
Timetable
2012 - 2015
Financed by
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Evira, University of Helsinki