A comparison of selected public health criteria in milk from milk-shops and from a national distributor

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 35-40

  O'Ferrall Berndt, M More ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Milk hygiene; Milk shops; National distributor; Pathogens; Pretoria; Toxins; Veterinary public health

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; TOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL COUNT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MILK; NONHUMAN; PASTEURIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SALMONELLA; SOMATIC CELL; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SAFETY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0142214403     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v74i2.501     Document Type: Article

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