Types of traditional Greek foods and their safety

Food Control

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-41

  Panagou, Efstathios Z ^a   Nychas, George John E ^a   Sofos, John N ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheese; Emulsion type appetizers; Fermented meats; Food pathogens; Food safety; Table olives; Traditional Greek foods

Indexed keywords

OLEACEAE;

EID: 84862986106     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.05.050     Document Type: Review

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