Microbiological food safety issues in Brazil: Bacterial pathogens

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 197-205

  Gomes, Bruna Carrer ^a   De Melo Franco, Bernadette Dora Gombossy ^a   De Martinis, Elaine Cristina Pereira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM; BEEF; BOTULISM; BRAZIL; CHEESE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; KITCHEN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MILK; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; BRAZIL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 84875201951     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2012.1222     Document Type: Review

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