Hygienic assessment of spontaneously fermented raw camel milk (Suusa) along the informal value chain in Kenya

International Journal of Food Contamination

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mwangi, Linnet Wanjiru ^a   Matofari, Joseph Wafula ^a   Muliro, Patrick Simiyu ^a   Bebe, Bockline Omedo ^a  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Camel milk; Contamination; Isiolo; Microbial quality; Suusa; Value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014095472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21962804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40550-016-0040-8     Document Type: Article

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