Occurrence of selected pathogenic microorganisms in raw and processed eggs of snails of the Cornu genus

Abstract

This study investigated the eggs of Polish-bred edible snails of the Cornu genus as a food and aimed to determine the presence of microorganisms in them of the Salmonella and Listeria genera and ascertain the number of coagulase-positive staphylococci.

Keywords

• snail eggs
• cornu aspersum
• salmonella spp.
• listeria spp.
• coagulase-positive staphylococci