Comparison of sponging and excising as sampling procedures for microbiological analysis of fresh beef-carcass tissue

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1255-1259

  Ware, Lorenzo M ^a   Kain, Mindy L ^a   Sofos, John N ^a   Belk, Keith E ^a   Smith, Gary C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM DETECTION; BEEF; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD SAFETY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033231121     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-62.11.1255     Document Type: Article

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