The incidence of Listeria monocytogenes in meat, poultry and seafood plants in the Nordic countries

Food Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 217-225

  Gudbjornsdottir B ^a   Suihko, M L ^b   Gustavsson, P ^c   Thorkelsson, G ^a   Salo, S ^b   Sjoberg A M ^b,f   Niclasen, O ^d   Bredholt, S ^e  

^a Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories   (Iceland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d Food and Environmental Agency   (Faroe Islands)

^e NORWEGIAN FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Food processing plants; Listeria monocytogenes; Processing environment

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 10744220438     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-0020(03)00012-1     Document Type: Article

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