Listeria monocytogenes transfer during mechanical dicing of celery and growth during subsequent storage

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 765-771

  Kaminski, Chelsea N ^a,b   Davidson, Gordon R ^a,b   Ryser, Elliot T ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELERY; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD STORAGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIOLOGY; PRODUCT SAFETY; TEMPERATURE; VEGETABLE;

APIUM GRAVEOLENS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD STORAGE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; TEMPERATURE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84899582568     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-13-382     Document Type: Article

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