CARMA: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT TO REDUCE RISKS OF CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS

Outline

Campylobacter jejuni

Incidence of Campylobacter associated illness in the Netherlands (per year, population 16 million)

DALYs as unit measures for disease burden

Campylobacteriosis in the Netherlands:
mean disease burden  1185 DALY per year

Cost of illness

Campylobacteriosis in the Netherlands:
mean cost of illness  20.5 million € per year

Risk management of Campylobacter, NL

CARMA is a collaboration between ...

Goals of the CARMA project

Sources of Campylobacter

Attributing sources of campylobacteriosis (1)

Attributing sources of campylobacteriosis (2)

Evaluated sources of Campylobacter exposure

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Relative exposure to Campylobacter

But ….

Intervening in the broiler meat chain: a framework for decision making

A Farm to Fork Microbial Risk model

Farm model for Campylobacter, major conclusions

Interventions, farm

Logistic slaughter

Logistic slaughtering, effect on flock prevalence

Risks are not only related to prevalence …..

Pathways of Campylobacter during processing

Expert study on chicken processing

Input output relations, individual carcasses

Conclusions chicken processing model

Cross-contamination in the slaughterhouse

Channeling

Germicidal treatments to be evaluated

Channeling, effect on flux of Campylobacter

Consumer education

Dilemmas for risk management decisions

The CARMA project team