A survey of iceberg lettuce for the presence of Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157: H7, and Listeria monocytogenes in Japan

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1543-1546

  Koseki, Shigenobu ^a   Mizuno, Yasuko ^a   Kawasaki, Susumu ^a   Yamamoto, Kazutaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIOLOGY; PRODUCT SAFETY; SALMONELLA; SEASON;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA; SEASONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA;

EID: 80052434569     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-10-424     Document Type: Article

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