Safety aspects of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables

Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables: Science, Technology, and Market

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 45-90

  Hurst, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT JUICES; FRUITS; SALMONELLA; VEGETABLES; VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS; VIRUSES;

CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTERESTS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS; FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; MULTI-INGREDIENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES;

FOOD SAFETY;

EID: 84860130556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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