Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in delicatessen food products in China

Food Control

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 971-974

  Chao, Guoxiang ^a,b   Deng, Yunfei ^b,c   Zhou, Xiaohui ^b,d   Xu, Qin ^a   Qian, Xiaoqin ^a   Zhou, Liping ^a   Zhu, Binyang ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical control points (CCPs); Delicatessen foods; Listeria monocytogens

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33745241699     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2005.06.016     Document Type: Article

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