Microbiological quality of tomatoes and peppers produced under the good agricultural practices protocol AGRO 2-1 & 2-2 in Crete, Greece

Food Control

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1538-1546

  Kokkinakis, Emmanuel ^a,c   Boskou, Georgios ^b   Fragkiadakis, Georgios A ^c   Kokkinaki, Aikaterini ^c   Lapidakis, Nikolaos ^c  

^a MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

EUREPGAP; Good agricultural practices; Microbiological quality; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 34447101160     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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