Smoked salmon industry practices and their association with Listeria monocytogenes

Food Control

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 284-292

  Rotariu, Ovidiu ^a   Thomas, D John I ^b   Goodburn, Kaarin E ^c   Hutchison, Michael L ^b   Strachan, Norval J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Hutchison Scientific Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Chilled Food Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Good hygienic practice; Listeria monocytogenes; Smoked salmon; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881276232     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.07.015     Document Type: Article

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