Ready-to-eat vegetables: Current problems and potential solutions to reduce microbial risk in the production chain

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• Publication year

  2017

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  Lwt - Food Science and Technology

• Publication date

  2017-11-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Business, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.LWT.2016.11.073
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