Simulation of cross-contamination and decontamination of Campylobacter jejuni during handling of contaminated raw vegetables in a domestic kitchen

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2448-2452

  Chai, Lay Ching ^a   Lee, Hai Yen ^a   Ghazali, Farinazleen Mohd ^a   Bakar, Fatimah Abu ^a   Malakar, Pradeep Kumar ^b   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^c   Nakaguchi, Yoshitsugu ^c   Radu, Son ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 57449109976     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.12.2448     Document Type: Article

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