Prevalence and amounts of Salmonella found on raw California almonds

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 820-827

  Danyluk, Michelle D ^a,d   Jones, Thomas M ^b   Abd, Shirin J ^a   Schlitt Dittrich, Frank ^a   Jacobs, Merle ^c   Harris, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b American Council for Food Safety and Quality   (United States)

^c Almond Board of California   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRUNUS DULCIS; SALMONELLA;

EID: 34247266739     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.4.820     Document Type: Article

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