Comparison between ICS-Vidas, MSRV and standard cultural method for Salmonella recovery in poultry meat

Two rapid methods for Salmonella detection, Vidas-ICS and modified semi-solid Rappaport-Vassiliadis (MSRV) were evaluated using contaminated poultry meat. The sensitivity and specificity of the methods were investigated on field samples and on artificially contaminated samples inoculated with mixtures of Salmonella and non-Salmonella competing strains. ICS-Vidas and MSRV yielded virtually identical results, in full agreement with the standard cultural method (SCM). The MSRV method showed better results with artificially contaminated samples, but was less sensitive than SCM when applied to field samples. The use of the MSRV and Vidas-ICS methods could be particularly advantageous in the application of HACCP. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.