Variation of microbial load and visual quality of ready-to-eat salads by vegetable type, season, processor and retailer

Food Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1071-1077

  Caponigro, Vittorio ^a   Ventura, Maddalena ^b   Chiancone, Ida ^a   Amato, Letizia ^a   Parente, Eugenio ^c   Piro, Filippo ^a  

^a Centro di Ricerca per l'Orticoltura   (Italy)

^b Ortomad   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

E. coli; Listeria monocytogenes; Microbial components; Ready to eat salads; Salmonella; Visual quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERUCA SATIVA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA; SPINACIA OLERACEA; VALERIANELLA;

EID: 79955049027     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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