Details of a survey of raw retail chicken portions and whole chicken carcasses that was carried out from September 2010 to August 2011.

Work undertaken to examine the ability of Salmonella on eggshells to penetrate the shell and grow during storage.

The risk of foodborne illness in New Zealand associated with non-typhoidal Salmonella in and on eggs.

A total of 307 products were collected from January to December 2012 from retailers in three major cities.

The goal of this project was to determine the prevalence of Salmonella and Escherichia coli in domestic and imported dried nuts and seeds, and in nut and seed products available at retail and wholesale in New Zealand.

MPI Technical Paper 2015/08. Describes the risk of Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) in red meat and meat products.

The significance in terms of human health of Salmonella (non-typhoid) in poultry (whole and pieces).

Describes the risk of foodborne illness in New Zealand associated with Campylobacter Jejuni/Coli in Poultry (Whole and Pieces)

This report provides an overview of campylobacteriosis in New Zealand and describes some of the work undertaken to inform decision making.

The data collected from these E. coli O157:H7 isolates contribute to a growing library of New Zealand PAGE profiles which facilitates future outbreak investigations and source attribution studies.

Describes the risk of foodborne illness in New Zealand associated with Clostridium botulinum in ready-to-eat smoked fish and shellfish in sealed packaging

This study provides an understanding of chemical changes in milk during the fermentation process and the effect of these changes on pathogen dynamics in raw and pasteurised milk.

The objective of this work was to identify conditions and physico-chemical parameters during the raw milk cheese making process that may influence growth and enterotoxin production by enterotoxigenic strains of Staphylococcus aureus.

Literature review of publications on the effect of processing on the survival of bacterial pathogens in raw milk products.

The purpose of this risk profile is to critically review information to answer the following risk management question: What is the public health risk from L. monocytogenes in raw milk consumed in New Zealand?