Listeria monocytogenes prevalence, contamination levels and strains characterization throughout the Parma ham processing chain

Food Control

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 150-158

  Prencipe, Vincenza Annunziata ^a   Rizzi, Valentina ^a   Acciari, Vicdalia ^a   Iannetti, Luigi ^a   Giovannini, Armando ^a   Serraino, Andrea ^b   Calderone, Davide ^c   Rossi, Andrea ^d   Morelli, Daniela ^a   Marino, Lucio ^a   Migliorati, Giacomo ^a   Caporale, Vincenzo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^b Facolta di Medicina Veterinaria   (Italy)

^c Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma ^*  (Italy)

^d Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali CRPA SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Listeria monocytogenes; Parma ham; Processing chain; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Traceability

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SUIDAE;

EID: 80355145787     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.10.018     Document Type: Article

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