Prevention of Salmonella contamination of finished soybean meal used for animal feed by a Norwegian production plant despite frequent Salmonella contamination of raw soy beans, 1994–2012

Table 1 Results of Salmonella control at Denofa crushing plant during 2012

Sample category	Sample		*Salmonella*positive samples
Sample category	Number	%	Number	%
Dust in raw materials (soybeans)	312	8%	36	11.5%
Outdoor environment	61	2%	13	21.3%
Indoor environment/“dirty zone”	228	6%	21	9.2%
Indoor environment/“clean zone”	778	19%	3	0.4%
End product – Soybean meal	2690	66%	0	0%
Total	4069	100%	73

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