Managing the risk of staphylococcal food poisoning from cream-filled baked goods to meet a food safety objective

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1310-1325

  Stewart, Cynthia M ^a   Cole, Martin B ^a   Schaffner, Donald W ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0038446820     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-66.7.1310     Document Type: Article

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