Factors associated with Listeria monocytogenes contamination of cold-smoked pork products produced in Latvia and Lithuania

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-179

  Berzin ̧š, Aivars ^a,b   Hörman, Ari ^a   Lundén, Janne ^a   Korkeala, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Brine injection; Cold smoking; Listeria monocytogenes; Pork; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FOOD STORAGE; LATVIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LITHUANIA; MEAT INDUSTRY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK; SEROTYPE; SHELF LIFE;

ANIMALS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; LATVIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LITHUANIA; MEAT PRODUCTS; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTYPING; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; VACUUM;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33847783213     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.10.021     Document Type: Article

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