Pooling raw shell eggs: Salmonella contamination and high risk practices in the United Kingdom food service sector

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 574-578

  Gormley, F J ^a   Little, C L ^a   Murphy, N ^a   De Pinna, E ^a   McLauchlin, J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77949643644     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-73.3.574     Document Type: Article

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