Changing regulation: Canada's new thinking on Listeria

Food Control

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1506-1509

  Farber, Jeffrey M ^a   Kozak, Gosia K ^a   Duquette, Suzanne ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Listeria monocytogenes; Policy; Sampling

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 79955876585     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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