Prevalence and concentration of salmonella on raw shelled peanuts in the United States

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 575-579

  Calhoun, Stephen ^a   Post, Laurie ^b   Warren, Benjamin ^c   Thompson, Sterling ^d   Bontempo, Ann Rogers ^e  

^a American Peanut Council   (United States)

^b MARS INC   (United States)

^c Land O'Lakes Inc   (United States)

^d The Hershey Company   (United States)

^e Kraft Foods   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PEANUT; PREVALENCE; PRODUCT SAFETY; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; UNITED STATES;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; UNITED STATES;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 84876938557     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-12-322     Document Type: Article

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