About the Authors

Emer O'Mahony

Affiliations UCD Centre for Food Safety, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Population Science, UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland, Veterinary Food Safety Laboratory, Cork County Council, Inniscarra, County Cork, Ireland

James F. Buckley

Affiliation Veterinary Food Safety Laboratory, Cork County Council, Inniscarra, County Cork, Ireland

Declan Bolton

Affiliation Food Safety Department, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin, Ireland

Paul Whyte

Affiliation UCD Centre for Food Safety, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Population Science, UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

Séamus Fanning

sfanning@ucd.ie

Affiliation UCD Centre for Food Safety, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Population Science, UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EOM JB DB SF. Performed the experiments: EOM. Analyzed the data: EOM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB DB PW SF. Wrote the paper: EOM.