The safety of wooden cutting boards: Remobilization of bacteria from pine, beech, and polyethylene

British Food Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-322

  Boursillon, Dominique ^a   Riethmüller, Volker ^a  

^a ALBSTADT SIGMARINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food safety; Hardwoods; Hygiene; Plastics; Softwoods

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FAGUS;

EID: 33947680246     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700710736561     Document Type: Article

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