Accidental and deliberate microbiological contamination in the feed and food chains - How biotraceability may improve the response to bioterrorism

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Knutsson, Rickard ^a   van Rotterdam, Bart ^b   Fach, Patrick ^c   De Medici, Dario ^d   Fricker, Martina ^e   Löfström, Charlotta ^f   Ågren, Joakim ^a   Segerman, Bo ^a   Andersson, Gunnar ^a   Wielinga, Peter ^b   Fenicia, Lucia ^d   Skiby, Jeffrey ^f   Schultz, Anna Charlotte ^f   Ehling Schulz, Monika ^e  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

B. anthracis; Biopreparedness; Bioterrorism; Biotraceability; C. botulinum; Food chain; Norovirus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOTRACEABILITY; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COOPERATION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN;

ANIMAL FEED; BIOTERRORISM; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INSPECTION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; RISK;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 79953066185     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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