Occurrence and diversity of Bacillus cereus and moulds in spices and herbs

Food Control

Volumn 83, Issue , 2018, Pages 69-74

  Fogele, Baiba ^a   Granta, Rita ^a   Valciņa, Olga ^a   Bērziņš, Aivars ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD SAFETY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Hbl; Herb; Mould; Spice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020047020     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2017.05.038     Document Type: Article

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