Quantitative effects of in-line operations on Campylobacter and Escherichia coli through two Australian broiler processing plants

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 188, Issue , 2014, Pages 128-134

  Duffy, Lesley L ^a,b   Blackall, Patrick J ^b   Cobbold, Rowland N ^b   Fegan, Narelle ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; E. coli; Poultry processing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROILER; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARCASS; CHICKEN MEAT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; PROCESS CONTROL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

CAMPYLOBACTER; E. COLI; POULTRY PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MEAT; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84905381260     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.07.024     Document Type: Article

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