A survey of soft cheeses in Greek retail outlets highlights a low prevalence of Listeria spp

Dairy Science and Technology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-201

  Angelidis, Apostolos S ^a   Georgiadou, Sofia S ^a,b   Zafeiropoulou, Vasiliki ^b   Velonakis, Emmanuel N ^b,c   Papageorgiou, Demetrios K ^a   Vatopoulos, Alkiviadis ^b,c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^c Hellenic Centre of Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Listeria monocytogenes; Listeria spp.; Prevalence; Soft cheese

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREECE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; MONOCYTOGENES; PH VALUE; PREVALENCE; RETAIL MARKET; RETAIL OUTLETS; SHELF LIFE; SOFT CHEESE;

DISEASES; MANUFACTURE; PH; SALES; SURVEYS;

LISTERIA;

EID: 84862739415     PISSN: 19585586     EISSN: 19585594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13594-011-0049-y     Document Type: Review

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