Bacterial contamination of soybean curd (Tofu) sold in Thailand

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 843-848

  Ananchaipattana, Chiraporn ^a,b,d   Hosotani, Yukie ^a   Kawasaki, Susumu ^a   Pongswat, Sirikhae ^d   Latiful, Bari Md ^c   Isobe, Seiichiro ^a,b   Inatsu, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d RAJAMANGALA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THANYABURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Thailand; Tofu

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; BACILLUS CEREUS; COMMERCE; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTIC ACID; OILSEEDS; SPOILAGE;

BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; COLIFORMS; E. COLI; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS SPP; ENTEROTOXIN; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SPOILAGE; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CONCERNS; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; OPEN MARKET; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS SPP; SALMONELLA SPP; SEROTYPES; THAILAND; TOFU; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

SALMONELLA;

EID: 84874481588     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.18.843     Document Type: Article

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