Impact of the prevalence of different pathogens on the performance of sampling plans in lettuce products

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 184, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-73

  Pérez Rodríguez, Fernando ^a   González García, Patricia ^b   Valero, Antonio ^a   Hernández, Marta ^b   Rodríguez Lázaro, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AGRARIO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Food borne pathogens; Leafy green; Microbial testing; Predictive microbiology; Virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTERIC VIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; SALMONELLA;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS; LACTUCA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA;

FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; LEAFY GREEN; MICROBIAL TESTING; PREDICTIVE MICROBIOLOGY; VIRUS;

BAYES THEOREM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NOROVIRUS; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SPAIN;

EID: 84903588692     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.04.019     Document Type: Article

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