Food sampling surveys 2009

Greater Manchester, Cumbria, Cheshire, Merseyside and Lancashire Food Liaison Groups with the Health Protection Agency's Preston Microbiology Services Coordinate surveys for the Microbiological Examination of Food and Environmental Samples.

Cooked meat sandwiches
Sliced cooked meats
Local initiative samples
Liver
Pre-packed salad vegetables
Ready to eat crayfish tails
Cooked meats from butchers' shops
Large scale events
Pre-packed sandwiches
Environmental sampling of butchers' shops

Cooked meat sandwiches

Code	804011
Date	September 2008 to August 2009
Total number of samples examined	673
Number of samples submitted by Salford City Council	42
Report issued	January 2010
Lead authority	Sampling Sub Group

Pre-packed cooked meat sandwiches at the end of ‘use by life' from outlets including hospitals, with a focus on Listeria monocytogenes (Adobe PDF format, 144kb)

Sliced cooked meats

Code	804007
Date	May 2008 to December 2009
Total number of samples examined	561
Number of samples submitted by Salford City Council	31
Report issued	Pending
Lead authority	FLG

Routine local initiative samples

Code	904009
Date	January to December 2009
Total number of samples examined	441
Number of samples submitted by Salford City Council	52
Report issued	Not applicable
Lead authority	Salford City Council

Liver

Code	804013
Date	September 2008 to August 2009
Total number of samples examined	624
Number of samples submitted by Salford City Council	14
Report issued	Pending
Lead authority	Food Liaison Group

Pre-packed salad vegetables

Code	904001
Date	September to December 2009
Total number of samples examined	286
Number of samples submitted by Salford City Council	7
Report issued	February 2010
Lead authority	FLG

Ready to eat pre-packed salad vegetables at end of use by date (Adobe PDF format, 83kb)

Ready to eat crayfish

Code	904002
Date	September to December 2009
Total number of samples examined	298
Number of samples submitted by Salford City Council	8
Report issued	February 2010
Lead authority	FLG

Pre-packed and loose ready to eat crayfish tails and other crustaceans (Adobe PDF format, 31kb)

Cooked meats from butchers shops

Code	904004
Date	April to June 2009
Total number of samples examined	616
Number of samples submitted by Salford City Council	19
Report issued	Pending
Lead authority	LACORS / HPA

Large scale events

Code	904005
Date	July to September 2009
Total number of samples examined	19
Number of samples submitted by Salford City Council	176
Report issued	October 2010
Lead authority	LACORS / HPA

Large Scale Event Report (Adobe PDF format, 287kb)

Pre-packed sandwiches

Code	904006
Date	October to March 2010
Total number of samples examined	257
Number of samples submitted by Salford City Council	11
Report issued	Ongoing
Lead authority	LACORS / HPA

Environmental sampling of butchers' shops

Code	904007
Date	September 2009 ongoing
Total number of samples examined	350
Number of samples submitted by Salford City Council	31
Report issued	September 2010
Lead authority	FLG