Microbial contamination of ready-to-eat salad vegetables

Outlooks on Pest Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 225-227

  Meakin, Helen ^a   Dickinson, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biofilms; Decontamination; E. coli O157:H7; Food poisoning; Listeria; Salad vegetables; Salmonella serovar Typhimurium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 33750215619     PISSN: 17431026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1564/17oct11     Document Type: Short Survey

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