Produce Quality and Foodborne Disease: Assessing Water's Role

Microbial Hazard Identification in Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 95-114

  Mena, Kristina D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and HACCP programs; Microbial risk assessments of water; Waterborne pathogens and produce industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249144948     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470007761.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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