Dynamics of Salmonella inoculated during rearing of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens).

ABSTRACT: The black soldier fly is currently the most produced edible insect on industrial scale, with its larval stage being processed into animal feed as the main application. As this insect species enters the feed and food chain, good hygiene and monitoring practices are needed to avoid the entrance of foodborne pathogens via the larvae. However, insufficient data on the risk of such introductions via industrial larvae production are available. To address this gap, a range of rearing trials were conducted in which the substrate, chicken feed, was inoculated with different levels of Salmonella and in which total viable counts and Salmonella counts were determined during the following days. The outgrowth of Salmonella was slower in those experiments with a lower initial contamination level than in

SUBMITTER: De Smet J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8505792 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature