Prevalence of emetic bacillus cereus in different ice creams in bavaria

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 395-399

  Messelhausser U ^a   Kampf P ^a   Fricker, M ^b   Ehling Schulz, M ^b   Zucker, R ^a   Wagner, B ^a   Busch, U ^a   Holler C ^a  

^a Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 77649156285     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-73.2.395     Document Type: Article

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