| | | EU 2075 2005 | SSM |
|---|
| | Spike | Sedimentation | Residual fluids* | 63 μm | 38 μm |
|---|
1
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
2
| 10 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
3
| 10 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
4
| 10 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
5
| 10 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
6
| 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
7
| 10 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
8
| 10 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
9
| 10 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
10
| 10 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
sum: | 100 | 60 | 37 | 92 | 1 |
- Ten dead, 6-shape to comma-shaped Trichinella larvae were picked randomly and transferred to approximately 2 mL tap water. Subsequently, the larvae were rinsed into 2 liter of meat digest fluid. The spiked fluid was either transferred to a separatory funnel and left to sediment for 30 min according to EU 2075/2005, or passed through a stack of stainless steel sieves according to SSM. SSM performed significantly better than EU-RM for detection of dead larvae in meat digest (p =6 · 10-12, Fisher’s Exact test).
- * # of larvae found after sieving the residual fluids through 38 μm sieve following sedimentation.
