Risk assessment for Listeria monocytogenes on lettuce from farm to table in Korea

Food Control

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 190-199

  Ding, Tian ^a,b   Iwahori, Jun'ichiro ^c   Kasuga, Fumiko ^d   Wang, Jun ^b   Forghani, Fereidoun ^b   Park, Myoung Su ^b   Oh, Deog Hwan ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross contamination; Korea; Lettuce; Listeria monocytogenes; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84866681689     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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