The prevalence and concentration of bacillus cereus in retail food products in Brisbane, Australia

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 867-870

  Eglezos, Sofroni ^a   Huang, Bixing ^b   Dykes, Gary A ^c   Fegan, Narelle ^c  

^a EML Consulting Services QLD   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BEEF; COOKED FOOD; FAST FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD FREEZING; MEAT; MILK; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW FOOD; SEA FOOD; BACTERIAL COUNT; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOODBORNE DISEASES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FAST FOODS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; QUEENSLAND;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 77954518677     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2009.0469     Document Type: Article

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