Ocorrência de Campylobacter spp. em carne e miúdos de frango expostos ao consumo em Belém, Pará / Occurence of Campylobacter spp. in chicken meat and giblets exposed to consumption in Northern Brazil

ABSTRACT

In order to study Campylobacter in chicken meat exposed to consumption in the city of Belém, state of Pará, Brazil, 16 samples (four of liver, four of gizzard, two of heart, two of skin, one of neck, two of carcass and a mixture of neck skin and fragments of the abdominal cavity), collected in clandestine butcher shops, fair-free and supermarkets were submitted to isolation and identification according to the recommended methods. In high percentage, the foods exposed to consumption were contaminated by this agent, meaning a potential risk to the human health.