Modelling survival behaviour of Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis, Typhimurium and Tennessee on table eggs during storage at different temperatures

Food Control

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 314-319

  Pasquali, Frédérique ^a   Klein, Günter ^b   Reich, Felix ^b   Manfreda, Gerardo ^a   Valero, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constant temperature; Salmonella; Storage; Surface contamination; Survival models; Tableeggs

Indexed keywords

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 84930959967     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.05.037     Document Type: Article

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