Assumptions of acceptance sampling and the implications for lot contamination: Escherichia coli O157 in lots of Australian manufacturing beef

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 539-544

  Kiermeier, Andreas ^a   Mellor, Glen ^b   Barlow, Robert ^b   Jenson, Ian ^c  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Meat and Livestock Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRODUCT SAFETY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; PREVALENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79953670711     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-10-497     Document Type: Article

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