Microbial contamination on beef and sheep carcases in South Australia

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-260

  Sumner, John ^a,b   Petrenas, Elena ^c   Dean, Peter ^c   Dowsett, Paul ^c   West, Geoff ^c   Wiering, Rinie ^c   Raven, Geoff ^c  

^a M and S Food Consultants Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Meat Hygiene Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerobic viable count; Australia; Escherichia coli; Meat hygiene; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BEEF CATTLE; CARCASS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SHEEP; TISSUE SLICE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HYGIENE; MEAT; SHEEP;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAMB; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037465608     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(02)00220-9     Document Type: Article

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