Meat and Meat Products

Food Safety Management: A Practical Guide for the Food Industry

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 119-162

  Sofos, John N ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross contamination; E. coli O157:H7; HACCP; Meatborne illness; Pathogens; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902415320     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381504-0.00006-8     Document Type: Chapter

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