Survey of retail cheeses, dairy processing environments and raw milk for Escherichia coli O157: H7

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-134

  Ansay, S E ^a   Kaspar, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DAIRIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; SALES;

BASELINE DATA; DAIRY PROCESSING; E. COLI; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; PROCESSING ENVIRONMENTS; RAW MILK; RETAIL CHEESE; SEROTYPES; SOFT CHEESE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHEESE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DAIRY PRODUCT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MILK; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030759425     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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