Survival of a five-strain cocktail of Escherichia coli O157:H7 during the 60-day aging period of Cheddar cheese made from unpasteurized milk

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 990-998

  Schlesser, J E ^a   Gerdes, R ^b   Ravishankar, S ^b   Madsen, K ^b   Mowbray, J ^a,c   Teo, A Y L ^b,d  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d Cerebos Pacific Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7;

EID: 33646473824     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.5.990     Document Type: Article

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