Mould contamination in production of semi-hard cheese

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-49

  Kure, Cathrine Finne ^a,c   Skaar, Ida ^a   Brendehaug, Johanne ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b TINE SA   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cheese; Contamination; Factory; Fungi; Indoor air; Indoor environment; Mould

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEESE; EQUIPMENT; FILM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOTRICHUM CANDIDUM; MILK; MOULD; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PENICILLIUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHEESE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GEOTRICHUM; MILK; PENICILLIUM;

FUNGI; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM BREVICOMPACTUM; PENICILLIUM SOLITUM;

EID: 2342591294     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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