Occurrence of emetic toxin producing Bacillus cereus in the dairy production chain

International Dairy Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 740-749

  Svensson, Birgitta ^a   Monthán, Amanda ^a   Shaheen, Ranad ^b   Andersson, Maria A ^b   Salkinoja Salonen, Mirja ^b   Christiansson, Anders ^a  

^a Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Dairy plant; Emetic toxin; RAPD PCR; Raw milk; Sperm test

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CLEANING; CONTAMINATION; POWDERS; SAWDUST;

BACILLUS CEREUS; EMETIC TOXIN; RAPD-PCR; SPERM TEST;

DAIRY PRODUCTS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 33646468493     PISSN: 09586946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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