Prevalence and counts of Salmonella spp. in minimally processed vegetables in São Paulo, Brazil

Food Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1235-1237

  Sant'Ana, Anderson S ^a   Landgraf, Mariza ^a   Destro, Maria Teresa ^a   Franco, Bernadette D G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enumeration; Food safety; Minimally processed vegetables; Prevalence; Salmonella spp

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BRAZIL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE;

BRAZIL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; VEGETABLES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOROCCAN PEPPER VIRUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 79957964001     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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