Occurrence and distribution of listeria species in facilities producing ready-to-eat foods in British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 216-224

  Kovačević, Jovana ^a   McIntyre, Lorraine F ^b   Henderson, Sarah B ^b   Kosatsky, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CANADA; DAIRY PRODUCT; FAST FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEA FOOD; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FAST FOODS; FISH PRODUCTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT PRODUCTS; PREVALENCE;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84856324512     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-300     Document Type: Article

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