Technical rules for assessing the Bacteriolytic efficacy of a pellet mill

These technical rules have been drawn up to validate that, under certain conditions, the pelleting process achieves the desired decontamination targets, i.e. a 3-log reduction in the Enterobacteriaceae population. This reduction is considered sufficient to significantly limit the risk of feedstuffs at the pellet mill output testing positive for Salmonella, possibly deriving from suspect or contaminated raw materials.

A Tecaliman-led programme has demonstrated that it is possible to have feedstuffs pelleted under conditions that enable a 3-log reduction in the Enterobacteriaceae population.

The protocol described in this datasheet will be used to check the efficacy of the selected conditions.