Salmonella in broiler production in Finland – a Quantitative Risk Assessment

The study assessed the risk salmonella incurred for the Finnish consumers through broiler meat and broiler-derived products available in Finland. The effects of the interventions due to the national salmonella control programme were examined. The assessment covered the production chain from primary production (alive animals) to consumer. The Risk Assessment were focused on 1999, when the prevalence of salmonella in broilers sent to slaughter was the highest it had been since the control program was initiated (so-called “worst case scenario”).