A case of spoilage in wurstel sold in an Italian supermarket

Food Control

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 245-250

  Iacumin, Lucilla ^a   Andyanto, Debbie ^a   Manzano, Marisa ^a   Comuzzo, Piergiorgio ^a   Comi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

B rochothrix thermosphacta; Leuconostocs; Spoilage; Wurstel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898008729     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.03.021     Document Type: Article

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