Assessment of the microbiological conditions of red-meat carcasses from bacterial counts recovered by sampling via excision or swabbing with cotton wool

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 770-776

  Martínez, Bernardo ^a   Celda, María Felicidad ^a   Millán, María Encarnación ^b   Espacio, Aurora ^b   Cano, Monserrat ^a   López Mendoza, María Carmen ^c  

^a Center of Public Health of Alzira   (Spain)

^b Public Health Laboratory of Valencia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carcasses sampling; Enterobacteriaceae; Excision; Regulation (EC) 2073 2005; Swabbing; Total aerobic viable counts

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EQUIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; OVIS; SUS;

EID: 62449127682     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2008.01895.x     Document Type: Article

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