Quantitative risk assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat meats in Australia

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 131, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 128-137

  Ross, Tom ^a   Rasmussen, Sven ^a   Fazil, Aamir ^b   Paoli, Greg ^b   Sumner, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Decisionalysis Risk Consultants Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Ham; Listeria monocytogenes; Processed meat; Quantitative risk assessment; Smallgoods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD STORAGE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MEAT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 64549086741     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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