Microbiological evaluation of ready-to-eat foods manufactured by small Costa Rican industries;Evaluación microbiológica de alimentos listos para consumo procesados por pequeñas industrias costarricenses

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-183

  Rodríguez Cavallini, Evelyn ^a   Rodríguez, César ^a   Del Mar Gamboa, María ^a   Arias, María Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Fecal contamination; Food safety; Microbiological quality; Ready to eat foods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COSTA RICA; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; PRODUCT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMMERCE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; COSTA RICA; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA;

EID: 79958297244     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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