Measurement uncertainty of the EU methods for microbiological examination of red meat

Food Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 652-657

  Corry, Janet E L ^a   Hedges, Alan J ^a   Jarvis, Basil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Daubies Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial counts; Measurement uncertainty; Precision; Repeatability; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEAT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 34047099692     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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