Aislamiento y detección de Salmonella en vegetales frescos empacados.

Abstract

Salmonella spp is a bacterium that causes the largest number of foodborne diseases (ATS) in the world, has been associated with food of animal, origin although in the last decade also to the consumption of vegetables. The objective of this research was to detect the presence of presumed strains of Salmonella isolated from fresh packaged vegetables: lettuce, spinach, basil, coriander, parsley and soybean shoots sold at supermarkets in the city of Loja. In total, 60 samples were analyzed and determined by a standard detection method: pre-enrichment, enrichment, isolation and biochemical identification. The results indicate that 18.3% of the analyzed samples had a presumed presence of Salmonella spp, in breach of the normative requirement for this type of products and can be considered a risk to the health of the consumer.