Prevalence and level of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria species in retail pre-packaged mixed vegetable salads in the UK

Food Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 711-717

  Little, C L ^a   Taylor, F C ^a   Sagoo, S K ^a   Gillespie, I A ^a   Grant, K ^a   McLauchlin, J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contamination; Food safety; Listeria monocytogenes; Vegetable salads

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PRESERVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA FOOD; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PRESERVATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYGIENE; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT PRODUCTS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEAFOOD; VEGETABLES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA WELSHIMERI;

EID: 34347370888     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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