Risk of salmonellosis from consumption of almonds in the North American market

Food Research International

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1166-1174

  Lambertini, Elisabetta ^a   Danyluk, Michelle D ^b   Schaffner, Donald W ^c   Winter, Carl K ^a   Harris, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Almonds; Risk assessment; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ALMOND INDUSTRY; ALMONDS; ARITHMETIC MEAN; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; AVERAGE NUMBERS; CURRENT PRODUCTION; CURRENT REGULATIONS; DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; EXPERT OPINION; GEOMETRIC MEAN; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NORTH AMERICAN MARKET; STORAGE TIME; WHAT-IF SCENARIOS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROPS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SALMONELLA;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

PRUNUS DULCIS; SALMONELLA;

EID: 84857406896     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2011.05.039     Document Type: Article

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