Monte Carlo simulation of pathogen behavior during the sprout production process

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 746-753

  Montville, Rebecca ^a   Schaffner, Donald ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; FOOD ADDITIVES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATHOLOGY; SAMPLING; SEED; WATER ANALYSIS;

CONSUMPTION; FOOD-BORNE DISEASES; PATHOGEN CONTROL; PREVALENCE; RAW SPROUTS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

DISEASE CONTROL; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SEED TREATMENT; SPROUT; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GERMINATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SALMONELLA; SEEDS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 13544260577     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.2.746-753.2005     Document Type: Article

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