Listeria monocytogenes cross-contamination of cheese: Risk throughout the food supply chain

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 144, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 2693-2697

  Sauders, B D ^a   D'Amico, D J ^b  

^a Food Laboratory Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; CHEESE; CROSS CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; FOOD CONTROL; FOODBORNE DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CHEESE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84979295861     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816001503     Document Type: Review

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