Assessing in-house monitoring efficiency by tracing contamination rates in cheese lots recalled during an outbreak of listeriosis in Austria

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 353-358

  Schoder, D ^a   Skandamis, P ^b   Wagner, M ^a  

^a Institute for Milk Hygiene   (Austria)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Listeria monocytogenes; Management; Outbreak; Recall; Tracing

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD STORAGE; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PH; SHELF LIFE; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84886507108     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.09.020     Document Type: Article

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