Evaluation of Salmonella contamination in packed Mazafati dates Short communication

Introduction: Diseases caused by Salmonella in human and animals have existed since the ancient times, but its detection from the other diseases has been difficult. Salmonella organism is mostly pathogenic for humans and many animals. This bacteria influence the digestive tract of vertebrates spreading from human and animal feces and causing water, food and environment contamination. Materials and Methods: One hundred 500gr packages of Mazafati dates were randomly sampled from the distribution centers and tested for the detection of Salmonella using BPW, for pre-enrichment in non-selective liquid medium, RV,TT test as the first and second selective enrichment media, and XLD, BGA for solid selective plating-out media.