Salmonella transfer potential during hand harvesting of tomatoes under laboratory conditions

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1342-1349

  Brar, Pardeepinder Kaur ^a   Danyluk, Michelle D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84882240240     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-13-048     Document Type: Article

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