COMPARISON OF TWO RAPID METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES WITH A STANDARD PROCEDURE IN NATURALLY CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENTS OF RAW POULTRY PROCESSING

Abstract

Abstract Two rapid methods (the VIDAS test, from bioMérieux and the Gen-Probe test, from AccuPROBE) were compared with a standard procedure (AFNOR V08-055) for the detection of L. monocytogenes in the environment of naturally contaminated raw poultry processing. Both methods were first tested with their given protocols. But as they are more adapted to food sampling than to environmental ones, these protocols were adapted. After adaptation, the results showed that these two tests performed equally well compared to the classical method.