Assessment of hygienic quality of surfaces in retail food service establishments based on microbial counts and real-time detection of ATP

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 686-690

  Cunningham, Annette E ^a   Rajagopal, Raj ^b   Lauer, Jim ^a   Allwood, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CATERING SERVICE; EQUIPMENT; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; LUMINESCENCE; MINNESOTA;

EID: 79953650079     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-10-395     Document Type: Article

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