Efficient nondestructive sampler for carcasses and other surfaces

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 757-763

  Sharpe, A N ^a   Kingombe, C Isigidi Bin ^b   Watney, P ^c   Parrington, L J ^a   Dudas, I ^a   Diotte, M P ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcass; rotorinser; stomacher; surface sampling; swab; total counts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029740844     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-59.7.757     Document Type: Article

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