Microbiological safety in pistachios and pistachio containing products

Food Control

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-93

  Al Moghazy, Marwa ^a,b   Boveri, Silvio ^a   Pulvirenti, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Klebsiella spp.; Pistachio; Salmonella spp.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883537896     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.07.030     Document Type: Article

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