Use of the Petrifilm(TM) test kit-HEC direct blot enzyme immunoassay method without swab pre-enrichment to screen for low levels of escherichia coli O157:H7 on beef carcasses by surface swabbing

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 870-873

  Calicchia, Melissa L ^a   Parker, E L ^b   Gambrel Lenarz, S ^c   Matner, Richard R ^c  

^a Silliker Laboratories of California   (United States)

^b Golden State Foods Corporation   (United States)

^c 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef carcass; E. coli O157:H7; Petrifilm(TM); Swabbing

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157;

EID: 0030873434     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-60.7.870     Document Type: Article

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