Regulatory management and communication of risk associated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 743-747

  Dodd, Charles ^a   Powell, Douglas ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEEF; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD SAFETY; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CATTLE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GOVERNMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H-;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMMUNICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOOD INSPECTION; LEGISLATION, FOOD; MEAT; PEER REVIEW; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

EID: 70349328029     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2008.0261     Document Type: Article

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