Environmental sampling for Listeria monocytogenes control in food processing facilities reveals three contamination scenarios

Food Control

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 94-107

  Muhterem Uyar, Meryem ^a,b   Dalmasso, Marion ^c   Bolocan, Andrei Sorin ^d   Hernandez, Marta ^e   Kapetanakou, Anastasia E ^f   Kuchta, Tomáš ^g   Manios, Stavros G ^f   Melero, Beatriz ^e   Minarovičová, Jana ^g   Nicolau, Anca Ioana ^d   Rovira, Jordi ^e   Skandamis, Panagiotis N ^f   Jordan, Kieran ^c   Rodríguez Lázaro, David ^e   Stessl, Beatrix ^a   Wagner, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^f AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^g FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Critical control area; Cross contamination; Food processing environment; Hygiene; Listeria monocytogenes

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84912052160     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.10.042     Document Type: Article

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