BACTERIAL FOOD‐BORNE DISEASE — A MAJOR ISSUE FOR THE FOOD INDUSTRIES
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in British Food Journal
- Vol. 90 (2) , 58-64
- https://doi.org/10.1108/eb011810
Abstract
Food‐borne disease caused by bacteria is acknowledged to be very widespread in Africa, Asia and Latin America but even in advanced areas of the world this is now giving rise to acute concern. The most common causes of this are examined here with special reference to England and Wales, the extreme seriousness of the problem is underlined and various precautionary measures at both producer and consumer levels are recommended for its alleviation.Keywords
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