Detection and distribution of food-borne bacteria in ready-to-eat foods in Korea

Food Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 525-529

  Cho, Joon Il ^a   Lee, Soon Ho ^a   Lim, Ji Su ^a   Koh, Yoon Jeoung ^a   Kwak, Hyo Sun ^a   Hwang, In Gyun ^a  

^a Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contamination level; Food borne bacteria; Food poisoning; Monitoring; Ready to eat

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79959755726     PISSN: 12267708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10068-011-0073-y     Document Type: Note

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