Bacterial retention and cleanability of plastic and wood cutting boards with commercial food service maintenance practices

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 407-413

  Welker, Christine ^a   Faiola, Norman ^b   Davis, Shawn ^a   Maffatore, Irene ^a   Batt, Carl A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial retention; cleanability; cutting board; food preparation; kitchen decontamination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030904097     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-60.4.407     Document Type: Article

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