Division 5 Records and sample storage
United Kingdom
Records of bacteriology shall be kept on all samples processed in a format like or comparable to the example given in Table 4.
All strains isolated shall be stored at the NRLs of the different Member States as long as it ensures integrity of the strains for a minimum of five years.
All samples of meat juice for serology shall be stored frozen for two years.
Table 4
Example of records to be taken on all processed samples
| Type of sample: L = lymph nodes, S = swab, MJ = meat juice. | ||||||||||||
| n.a. = not applicable (phage typing is only done after Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella enteritidis isolation). | ||||||||||||
| Sample | Receipt | Analysis | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample ID + typef1 | Slaughterhouse ID | Name | Date | Time | Name | Date | Time | Positive or Negative | Serovar | Phagetype | Antibiogram | Storage ID |
| 1 S | EU012 | PW | 3-10-06 | 12:00 | AB | 3-10 | 14:00 | Neg | ||||
| 2 L | EU023 | PW | 4-10 | 12:30 | AB | 4-10 | 14:00 | Pos | Typh | DT104 | ASTSu | (IDnr) |
| 3 L | EU083 | PW | 8-10 | 16:30 | AB | 9-10 | 9:00 | Pos | Agona | n.a.f2 | ASTE | (IDnr) |
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
-
Type of sample: L = lymph nodes, S = swab, MJ = meat juice.
- f2
-
n.a. = not applicable (phage typing is only done after Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella enteritidis isolation).