Table 1. Summary of the studies reporting the prevalence of psychrotrophic bacteria in animal-derived foods

Microorganisms Type of foods No. of positive samples (%) Reference
Listeria spp. Dairy products Raw sheep milk 14/62 (22.6) Rahimi et al. (2010)
Raw cow milk 10/90 (11.1)
Raw goat milk 4/60 (6.7)
Cheese 17/90 (18.9)
Ice cream 7/68 (10.3)
Butter 2/40 (5.0)
Raw milk 41/140 (29.2) Akrami-Mohajeri et al. (2018)
Cheese 17/120 (14.2)
Butter 4/100 (4.0)
Raw milk 2/30 (6.7) Ismaiel et al. (2014)
Raw milk 84/766 (11.0) Al-Mariri et al. (2013)
Listeria monocytogenes Meat Pig carcass 12/430 (2.8) Oswaldi et al. (2021)
Raw pork 104/356 (29.2) Li et al. (2018)
Raw meat 98/525 (18.7) Kramarenko et al. (2013)
Frozen lean beef 1/30 (3.3) Ismaiel et al. (2014)
Raw meats (minced pork and beef meat) 103/295 (34.9) Vitas and Garcia-Jalon (2004)
Poultry 57/158 (36.1)
Raw processed meat 149/765 (19.5) Matle et al. (2019)
Raw intact meat 56/557 (10.1)
Dairy products White cheese 5/105 (4.8) Kahraman et al. (2010)
Processed cheese 1/70 (1.4)
Queso fresco cheese 7/75 (9.3) Beltran et al. (2015)
Adobera cheese 12/100 (12.0) Torres-Vitela et al. (2012)
Panela cheese 6/100 (6.0)
Ready-to-eat (RTE) meat products Ham and turkey 6/507 (1.2) Lambertz et al. (2012)
RTE milk products 13/4,901 (0.3) Kramarenko et al. (2013)
RTE meat products 135/6,746 (2.0)
RTE meat products 59/436 (13.5) Matle et al. (2019)
Pseudomonas spp. Dairy products Raw milk 93/103 (90.3) Marchand et al. (2012)
Raw milk 35/50 (70.0) Aziz et al. (2022)
Milk (raw, n=4; pasteurized, n=8) 6/12 (50.0) Carminati et al. (2019)
Cheese 3/20 (15.0)
White cheese 32/140 (22.9) Arslan et al. (2011)
Meat Chicken meat 7/15 (46.7) Mahato et al. (2020)
Chicken meat 91/168 (54.2) Wu et al. (2023)
Pork meat 18/91 (19.8)
Frozen chicken meat 69/320 (21.6) Elbehiry et al. (2022)
Fresh beef 3/60 (5.0) Rezaloo et al. (2022)
Frozen beef 8/60 (13.3)
Beef 122/230 (53.0) Benie et al. (2017)
Smoked fish 33/140 (23.6)
Fresh fish 49/140 (35.0)
RTE meat product Sausage 5/60 (8.3) Sofy et al. (2017)
Luncheon meat 11/60 (18.3)
Beef burger 1/60 (1.7)
Frozen burger 1/25 (4.0) Hassan et al. (2020)
Animal Fecal samples 46/704 (6.5) Ruiz-Roldán et al. (2020)
Yersinia enterocolitica Dairy products Dairy products (cheese, butter, and yogurt) 6/49 (12.2) Mancini et al. (2022)
Raw cow milk 12/44 (27.3)
Raw goat milk 1/4 (25.0)
Raw milk 19/446 (4.3) Jamali et al. (2015)
Raw milk 11/50 (22.0) Ahmed et al. (2019)
Fermented milk 6/50 (12.0)
Pasteurized milk 2/50 (4.0)
Ripened salted cheese 1/50 (2.0)
Meat Chicken 132/720 (18.3) Momtaz et al. (2013)
Chicken 37/50 (74.0) Palau et al. (2024)
Pork 8/10 (80.0)
Pork 11/237 (4.6) Esnault et al. (2013)
Beef 11/210 (5.2)
Poultry 12/202 (5.9)
Chicken 41/190 (21.6) Soltan Dallal et al. (2010)
Beef 19/189 (10.1)
Clostridium botulinum Honey Polish honey 5/240 (2.1) Grenda et al. (2018)
Kazakh honey 1/197 (0.5) Maikanov et al. (2019)
Clostridium perfringens Honey Kazakh honey 18/197 (9.1) Maikanov et al. (2019)
Dairy products Raw milk 78/79 (98.7) Feligini et al. (2014)
Curd 79/79 (100.0)
Meat and meat products Beef 20/40 (50.0) Issimov et al. (2022)
Lamb 9/40 (22.5)
Ground beef 11/40 (27.5)
Minced lamb 16/40 (40.0)
Raw chicken 6/25 (24.0) Shaltout et al. (2017)
Raw beef 4/25 (16.0)