60-day aging requirement does not ensure safety of surface-mold-ripened soft cheeses manufactured from raw or pasteurized milk when Listeria monocytogenes is introduced as a postprocessing contaminant

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1563-1571

  D'Amico, Dennis J ^a   Druart, Marc J ^a   Donnelly, Catherine W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 49449101928     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.8.1563     Document Type: Article

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