Scope of the Produce Contamination Problem

The Produce Contamination Problem

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-19

  Sapers, Gerald M ^a   Doyle, Michael P ^b  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374186-8.00001-X     Document Type: Chapter

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