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Table 1 Number of salmonella positive samples from the weekly environmental surveillance of the production line of feed mills in Sweden - before heat treatment; and distribution of positive samples and estimated share of national feed production between 1995 and 2005

From: An assessment of soybeans and other vegetable proteins as source of salmonella contamination in pig production

Year/Feed producing company

No. of salmonella positive samples before heat treatment

(% distribution of positive samples between companies for each year)

Estimated share of national production

 

1995

1997

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Total

 

A +B

36

(90%)

22

(82%)

45

(94%)

20

(95%)

17

(94%)

21

(66%)

7

(88%)

19

(90%)

187

(87%)

75%

C

4

(10%)

5

(18%)

2

(4%)

1

(5%)

1

(6%)

7

(22%)

0

(0%)

2

(10%)

22

(10%)

15%

D+E 1)

-

0

(0%)

1

(2%)

0

(0%)

0

(0%)

4

(12%)

1

(12%)

0

(0%)

6

(3%)

10%

Total

40

27

48

21

18

32

8

21

215

100%

  1. 1) Includes also technically less advanced smaller factories