Microbiological quality of some retail spices in India

Food Research International

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 469-474

  Banerjee, Mousumi ^a   Sarkar, Prabir K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Clostridium perfringens; Enterobacteriaceae; Spices; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PRODUCTS; FUNGI; RETAIL STORES; YEAST;

FOODBORNE PATHOGENS;

FOOD ADDITIVES;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARUM CARVI; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CUMINUM CYMINUM; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PIPER NIGRUM; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037268378     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-9969(02)00194-1     Document Type: Article

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