Salmonellosis is an important public health concern
associated with food consumption of animal origin (EFSA,
2009). According to Jiménez and Martín (2004), eggs and
poultry meat are involved in 75.0% of human salmonellosis
outbreaks in Spain, constituting an important threat to
public health. According to the European Commission (EC,
2007), in Spain only non-Salmonella contaminated broiler
meat may be sold for human consumption starting 2011.
In recent years, Food Safety has become an important concern
for European society and governments, so that many
stricter and stronger regulations were imposed throughout
the production chain with the aim of guaranteeing and
increasing consumer confidence in foodstuffs of animal origin
(EC, 2003, 2007).