Use of Spent Irrigation Water for Microbiological Analysis of Alfalfa Sprouts
- 1 June 2001
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Food Protection
- Vol. 64 (6), 802-806
- https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x-64.6.802
Abstract
Numerous outbreaks of foodborne illness have been linked to the consumption of raw sprouts. Sprout producers have been advised by the Food and Drug Administration to include microbiological testing...Keywords
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