Reference | Han2009 (20035)

Between October 2006 and September 2007, conventional (n¼141) and organic (n¼53) whole chicken carcasses were randomly collected from 26 conventional and 1 organic retail grocery stores in Baton Rouge, LA. These stores belonged to seven major supermarket chains in the area. A total of 11 conventional and 4 organic chicken brands were involved in the sampling. On each sampling day, two (occasionally one) chicken samples from each store were randomly selected and transported to the laboratory.

Chicken samples were analyzed within 24 h of arrival at the laboratory. Each sample was aseptically removed from the package and placed in a plastic bag containing 400mL of buffered peptone water (BD Diagnostic Systems, Sparks, MD). The bag was manually massaged for 5 min, and the rinse was used for bacterial isolation.

AST Method: None

Reference explicitly reports AST breakpoints: True

Reference reports using a MIC table: False