Assuring growth inhibition of listerial contamination during processing and storage of traditional Greek graviera cheese: Compliance with the new european union regulatory criteria for listeria monocytogenes

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2264-2271

  John, Samelis ^a   Eleni, Giannou ^a   Alexandra, Lianou ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 70449555437     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-72.11.2264     Document Type: Article

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