Microbial safety of tropical fruits

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-145

  Strawn, Laura K ^a   Schneider, Keith R ^a   Danyluk, Michelle D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

And shigella; Coconut; Mango; Norovirus; Papaya; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

AND SHIGELLA; COCONUT; MANGO; NOROVIRUS; PAPAYA;

COMMERCE; PATHOGENS; RESEARCH; SALMONELLA; TROPICS;

FRUITS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARICA PAPAYA; NOROVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; FRUIT; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SANITATION; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS; TROPIC CLIMATE; VIROLOGY;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FRUIT; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; NOROVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SANITATION; SHIGELLA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 79951567254     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408390903502864     Document Type: Article

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