Validação do salmonelicida sal CURB® Dry para controle microbiológico em um silo de farelo de soja

Abstract

Soybean meal is considered the main protein concentrate used in animal feeding, containing about 44 to 48% of protein. In addition to its high protein value, soybean meal is very cost-effective and is widely used as an ingredient in the composition of poultry, pork and beef feed. Among vegetable matrices that may be contaminated with salmonella, soybean and its by-products deserves to be highlighted because of its economic importance and wide usage in the management of animal supplementation, which justifies the choice of this theme. Feed safety is becoming increasingly present in industries producing feeds ingredients, with strict regulatory bodies and robust standards accompanying this development. Therefore, microbiological control plays an important role in food safety. To verify the efficacy of the salmonellicide Sal CURB [trade mark] Dry, the microbial load was monitored on the floor of the antechamber of a soybean meal silo by means of the swab surface method, with analyses interspersed to observe its behavior before, immediately after and in the days following the application of the product.