Prevalence and amounts of salmonella found on Raw California inshell pistachios

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1304-1315

  Harris, Linda J ^a   Lieberman, Vanessa ^a   Mashiana, Rupinder P ^a   Atwill, Edward ^a   Yang, Mai ^b   Chandler, Jeffrey C ^c,d   Bisha, Bledar ^c   Jones, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DFA of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuts; Pistachios; Salmonella concentration; Salmonella levels; Salmonella prevalence; Salmonella survey

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; PISTACIA; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA;

CALIFORNIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; PISTACIA; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA;

EID: 84983002075     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: 19449097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-16-054     Document Type: Article

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