Quantitative microbiological risk assessment as a tool to obtain useful information for risk managers - Specific application to Listeria monocytogenes and ready-to-eat meat products

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 141, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Mataragas, M ^a   Zwietering, M H ^b   Skandamis, P N ^a   Drosinos, E H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food safety; Listeria monocytogenes; Meat products; Risk assessment; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SPOILAGE; FOOD STORAGE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SHELF LIFE;

ANIMALS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT PRODUCTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWINE;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 77955845989     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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