Biosafety assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in vegetarian burger patties in Malaysia

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 459-463

  Wong, W C ^a   Pui, C F ^a   Chai, L C ^a   Lee, H Y ^a   Ghazali, F M ^a   Tang, J Y H ^b   Ponniah, J ^c   Tuan Zainazor, T C ^c   Cheah, Y K ^a   Son, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

L. monocytogenes; MPN PCR; Prevalence; Recovery rate; Vegetarian burger patty

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956029315     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: 22317546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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