Water pressure effectively reduces Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis on the surface of raw almonds

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 825-829

  Willford, John ^a   Mendonca, Aubrey ^b   Goodridge, Lawrence D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS DULCIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 41849085200     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.4.825     Document Type: Article

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