Evaluation of different approaches for modeling Escherichia coli O157:H7 survival on field lettuce

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 184, Issue , 2014, Pages 74-85

  McKellar, Robin C ^a   Peréz Rodríguez, Fernando ^b   Harris, Linda J ^c   Moyne, Anne laure ^c   Blais, Burton ^d   Topp, Ed ^a   Bezanson, Greg ^a   Bach, Susan ^a   Delaquis, Pascal ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biphasic model; E. coli O157:H7; Field lettuce; Predictive model; Quantitative risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LETTUCE; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA;

BIPHASIC MODEL; E. COLI O157:H7; FIELD LETTUCE; PREDICTIVE MODEL; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LETTUCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84903612301     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.04.026     Document Type: Article

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