Survey of honey for Clostridium botulinum spores in eastern France

Delmas, Catherine; Vidon, Dominique J.-M.; Sébald, M

doi:10.1006/fmic.1994.1058

Cited by 17 publications

(14 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…In Finland, spores of C. botulinum were detected in 8 (7%) of the 114 Finnish and in 12 (16%) of the 76 imported honey samples Nevas et al (2002). Our results agree with those obtained by Tysset et al (1970), Piana et al (1991) and Delmas, Vidon and Sebald (1994), in which C. perfringes or C. botulinum was not found in any sample tested. The reason for different findings in the studies may be due to contamination variety or antimicrobial substances in the honey samples.…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 92%

Microbiological investigation of honey collected from Şırnak province of Turkey

Erkan

Vural

Güran

et al. 2017

J Hellenic Vet Med Soc

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

ABSTRACT. In this study, 50 randomly selected honey samples purchased from different retail markets in Şırnak, Turkey, were investigated for microbiological quality and probable public health risks. The honey samples were tested for the presence and enumeration of vegetative and spore forms of total mesophilic aerobic bacteria, total mesophilic anaerobic bacteria, sulfite reducing anaerobic bacteria, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium perfringens and Bacillus cereus according to standard techniques. C. botulinum, C. perfringens and sulfite reducing anaerobic bacteria spores were not detected in the analyzed honey samples. The contamination rate of vegetative form of B. cereus, sulfite reducing anaerobic bacteria, total mesophilic aerobic bacteria and total mesophilic anaerobic bacteria were found to be 4%, 4%, 86% and 44%, respectively. The spore form of B. cereus, total mesophilic aerobic bacteria and total mesophilic anaerobic bacteria contamination rate were detected as 2%, 84% and 42%, respectively. It is concluded that, during the production, storage, and sales, honey samples may be contaminated with some microorganisms from different sources, causing important public health risks.

show abstract

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 92%

Microbiological investigation of honey collected from Şırnak province of Turkey

Erkan

Vural

Güran

et al. 2017

J Hellenic Vet Med Soc

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Huhtanen et al (1981) and Schocken-Iturino et al (1999) reported 7.5% and 7.1% of C. botulinum spores positive of honey samples respectively. In a French study (Delmas, Vidon, & Sebald, 1994) 6.7% of honey samples were found to be contaminated with C. botulinum while in Cordoba (Monetto et al, 1999) found 3 of 45 samples (7%) were positive. In another study (Nevas et al, 2002) 190 honey samples were collected from different countries, 20 samples (11%) were found to be positive.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Incidence of Clostridium botulinum spores in honey in Turkey

et al. 2006

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Moreover, the overall prevalence of C. botulinum was 24% in comb honey samples (n = 256) in this study (12). In studies of 92 French (21,22) (27). Different studies held in the United States showed C. botulinum in 10 out of 80, 2 out of 100, and 18 out of 241 honey samples (28)(29)(30).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%