Safety of Food and Beverages: Fruits and Vegetables

Encyclopedia of Food Safety

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages 253-259

  Drissner, D ^a   Zuercher, U ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

E. coli; Foodborne pathogen; Fresh produce; Fruit; L. monocytogenes; Microbial attachment; Outbreak; Postharvest; Preharvest; Safety; Salmonella; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016122932     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-378612-8.00280-8     Document Type: Chapter

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