Efficacy of household washing treatments for the control of Listeria monocytogenes on salad vegetables

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-253

  Nastou, Aikaterini ^a,b   Rhoades, Jonathan ^a   Smirniotis, Petros ^a   Makri, Ioanna ^a,b   Kontominas, Michael ^b   Likotrafiti, Eleni ^a  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Cucumber; Decontamination; Lettuce; Listeria monocytogenes; Parsley

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

AGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; DISINFECTION; FOOD WASHING; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PETROSELINUM; PETROSELINUM SATIVUM; PLANT EPIDERMIS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; WATER IMMERSION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ACETIC ACID; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DECONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PETROSELINUM; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM;

EID: 84868012667     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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