Probabilistic modeling approach for evaluating the compliance of ready-to-eat foods with new European union safety criteria for Listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 4996-5004

  Koutsoumanis, Konstantinos ^a   Angelidis, Apostolos S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; FOOD PRODUCTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CONTAMINATION LEVEL; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; READY-TO EAT (RTE) FOODS;

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

BACTERIUM; COMPLIANCE; DECISION MAKING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; GREECE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PH; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHELF LIFE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT PRODUCTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 34547753947     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00245-07     Document Type: Article

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