Enterobacter sakazakii and other bacteria in powdered infant milk formula

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-50

  Forsythe, Stephen J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterobacter sakazakii; Powdered infant milk formula

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MILK HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII;

EID: 28244478427     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2004.00008.x     Document Type: Article

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