Reduction in Resident Microflora, and Experimentally Inoculated Salmonella enterica, on Spinach Leaves Treated with Vinegar and Canola Oil

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 567-572

  Faith, Nancy G ^a   Waldron, Toria ^a   Czuprynski, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CANOLA OIL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PRODUCT SAFETY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SPINACH;

ACETIC ACID; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84866500665     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: 19449097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-337     Document Type: Article

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