Evaluation of household sanitizers for reducing levels of Escherichia coli on iceberg lettuce

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1646-1650

  Vijayakumar, Chitra ^a   Wolf Hall, Charlene E ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRUS LIMON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0036800756     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-65.10.1646     Document Type: Article

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