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Enterotoxigenic staphylococci and their toxins in restaurant foods

Jordi MañesGuillermina FontJose SorianoJuan Carlos MoltóHouda Berrada

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Engineeringbusiness.industrydigestive oral and skin physiologyFood sciencebusinessFood safetyFood ScienceBiotechnologyStaphylococcal Food Poisoning

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Abstract This review presents an overview of the enterotoxigenic staphylococci and their toxins in restaurant foods, with special reference to the characteristics of these micro-organisms and their enterotoxins. Furthermore, this paper reviews the staphylococcal food poisoning outbreaks, principal sources of contamination and food safety measures that can be applied to eliminate the presence of enterotoxigenic staphylococci in restaurant foods.

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2002-02-01Trends in Food Science & Technology
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0924-2244(02)00030-4