Request for updating the former SCVPH opinion on Listeria monocytogenes risk related to ready-to-eat foods and scientific advice on different levels of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods and the related risk for human illness - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Biological Hazards

EFSA Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

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Listeria monocytogenes; microbiological criteria; ready to eat foods

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EID: 85028912514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2008.599     Document Type: Article

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