Scientific Opinion on the link between Salmonella criteria at different stages of the poultry production chain

EFSA Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

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Author keywords

food safety criteria; microbiological criteria; poultry; process hygiene criteria; production chain; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865530735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2010.1545     Document Type: Article

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