Direct assessment of Salmonella numeration is still a challenge in cases of numerous number of low Salmonella/competitive flora ratio samples. Nowadays the usable methods provide data with such large confident intervals that the obtained results do not justify the labor and time spent. So we developed a method based on miniaturization of the dilution, preenrichment and selective enrichment on MSRV steps and on automation as the transfers are performed with multichannel pipettes. This so called mini‐MSRV method provides a rapid and convenient way to assess the quantification Salmonella in studies providing many samples. After description of the method, this paper presents the results obtained from 3 different types of samples issued from 3 different steps of the production chain where quantitative assessment of the Salmonella risk may be useful.

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