Vero-cytotoxigenic Escherichia coli O157 in pasteurized milk containers at the point of retail: A qualitative approach to exposure assessment

Risk Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1291-1309

  Clough, Helen E ^a   Clancy, Daymian ^a   French, Nigel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Milk; Modular process risk modeling; Qualitative risk assessment; VTEC O157

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; MILK; MODULAR PROCESS RISK MODELING; QUALITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

DAIRY PRODUCTS;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; HEALTH RISK; MILK PRODUCTION; RETAILING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MILK; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PASTEURIZATION; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERO CYTOTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; MILK; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33750173734     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00825.x     Document Type: Review

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