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The main focus of the following
ulatory authorities or the industry, as well as paragraphs is to discuss commercially applied
the fact that knife-trimming may not be ade- decontamination interventions on animals
quate for efficient removal of microbial con- and carcasses.
tamination, resulted in evaluation and
commercial application of washing and
Animal Washing
decontamination treatments (Smulders and
Greer 1998; Sofos and Smith 1998; Sofos Before slaughter, internal tissues of healthy
2005; Stopforth and Sofos 2006) before animals are considered sterile (Sofos 1994).
slaughtering, during slaughtering at the pre- Microbial contamination of meat usually
and post-evisceration stage, during chilling, starts during conversion of live animals into
and post-chilling (Fig. 3.1). carcasses and meat by the slaughter/dressing
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