Turkey businesses are being urged to start preparing for new salmonella testing and monitoring rules set to come into force in 2010, as it becomes the next sector targeted by the EU Zoonoses Directive.
The chicken breeding and laying sectors have already seen the introduction of a mandatory testing regime, while 2009 will see a National Control Plan being rolled out in the broiler sector, extending to turkey producers in 2010.
Between October 2006 and September 2007 the EU carried out a survey to ascertain the level of salmonella infection in turkey flocks. It found that 13.6% of breeding flocks and 30.7% of fattening flocks tested positive for salmonella, with the incidence varying from nil to 82.9% across member states.
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