Microbiological quality of chicken- and pork-based street-vended foods from Taichung, Taiwan, and Laguna, Philippines

Food Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-62

  Manguiat, Lydia S ^a,c   Fang, Tony J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Science and Technology IV A ^*  (Philippines)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Food pathogens; Microbial hazard; Microbiological quality; Ready to eat food; Street food

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHILIPPINES; PRODUCT SAFETY; SWINE; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHICKENS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; MEAT; PHILIPPINES; SWINE; TAIWAN;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA;

EID: 84878913005     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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