Seed decontamination as an intervention step for eliminating Escherichia coli on salad vegetables and herbs

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 85, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2307-2313

  Warriner, Keith ^a,b   Ibrahim, Faozia ^a   Dickinson, Matthew ^a   Wright, Charles ^a   Waites, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Listeria monocytogenes; Salad vegetables; Seed decontamination

Indexed keywords

APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 26444440469     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2256     Document Type: Article

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