Listeria monocytogenes

Foodborne Pathogens: Hazards, Risk Analysis and Control: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 675-717

  Bell, C ^a   Kyriakides, A ^b  

^a Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd ^*

^b Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogen; Characteristics; Control in foods hazard analysis; Detection; Food processes; Foodborne illness; Fruit; Growth; L. monocytogenes; Listeria; Listeria monocytogenes; Listeriosis; Meat and meat products; Milk and milk products; Risk factors; Sources; Survival; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902609053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845696337.2.675     Document Type: Chapter

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