Incidence of Clostridium botulinum in vegetables packaged under vacuum or modified atmosphere

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-61

  Lilly Jr , Timothy ^a   Solomon, Haim M ^a   Rhodehamel, E Jeffery ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium botulinum; Modified atmosphere packaging; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030040089     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-59.1.59     Document Type: Article

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