Comparative examination of Escherichia coli O157:H7 survival on romaine lettuce and in soil at two independent experimental sites

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 480-487

  Bezanson, Greg ^a   Delaquis, Pascal ^a   Bach, Susan ^a   McKellar, Robin ^a   Topp, Ed ^a   Gill, Alex ^b   Blais, Burton ^c   Gilmour, Matthew ^d  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; KINETICS; LETTUCE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PRODUCT SAFETY;

CLIMATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; KINETICS; LETTUCE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA;

EID: 84858044374     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-306     Document Type: Article

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