Modeling the prevalence of Bacillus cereus spores during the production of a cooked chilled vegetable product

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 939-946

  Malakar, Pradeep K ^a   Barker, Gary C ^a   Peck, Michael W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 2442444138     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.5.939     Document Type: Article

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