Occurrence of ochratoxin a contamination and detection of ochratoxigenic aspergillus species in retail samples of dried fruits and nuts

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 836-842

  Palumbo, Jeffrey D ^a   O'Keeffe, Teresa L ^a   Ho, Yvonne S ^a   Santillan, Carlo J ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; JUGLANS; PENICILLIUM; PISTACIA VERA;

MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN;

ANALYSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUT; PISTACIA; VITIS;

ASPERGILLUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD, PRESERVED; FRUIT; MYCOTOXINS; NUTS; OCHRATOXINS; PISTACIA; VITIS;

EID: 84926374893     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: 19449097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-14-471     Document Type: Article

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