Prevalence of the main food-borne pathogens in retail food under the national food surveillance system in Japan

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1450-1458

  Hara Kudo, Y ^a   Konuma, H ^a,b   Kamata, Y ^a   Miyahara, M ^a   Takatori, K ^a,c   Onoue, Y ^d   Sugita Konishi, Y ^a   Ohnishi, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Center for Fungal Consultation Japan   (Japan)

^d Hana College of Nutrition   (Japan)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; food; indicator; Japan; Salmonella; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli O157; survey

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PRODUCTS; FOOD SAFETY; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); MEATS; SALES; SALMONELLA; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SURVEYING;

BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERS; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; JAPAN; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; VEGETABLES AND FRUITS;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BEEF; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; CUCUMBER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HORSE; JAPAN; LETTUCE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEA FOOD; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; SPROUT; TOMATO; VEGETABLE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OSTREIDAE; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; COMMERCE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FRUIT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MEAT; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84882259729     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2012.745097     Document Type: Article

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