Listeria monocytogenes contamination in dairy plants:Evaluation of listeria monocytogenes environmental contamination in two cheese-making plants using sheeps milk

Italian Journal of Food Safety

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-112

  Ibba, Michela ^a   Cossu, Francesca ^a   Spanu, Vincenzo ^a   Virdis, Salvatore ^a   Spanu, Carlo ^a   Scarano, Christian ^a   De Santis, Enrico P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental contamination; Listeria monocytogenes; Persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887838193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22397132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijfs.2013.e31     Document Type: Article

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