Monitoring the microbial populations and temperatures of fresh broccoli from harvest to retail display

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1118-1125

  Dallaire, R ^a   LeBlanc, D I ^a,b   Tranchant, C C ^a   Vasseur, L ^c   Delaquis, P ^b   Beaulieu, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33646478122     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.5.1118     Document Type: Article

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