Pathogen Survival on Fresh Fruit in Ocean Cargo and Warehouse Storage

Microbial Hazard Identification in Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 221-243

  Korsten, Lise ^a   Zagory, Devon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Davis Fresh Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Container and facility sanitation practices; Microbial contamination points; Pathogen survival in ocean cargo and warehouse storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955937481     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470007761.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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