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Volume 3, Number 4—December 1997
THEME ISSUE
Foodborne
Identifying and Anticipating New Foodborne Microbial Hazards

Foodborne Disease Control: A Transnational Challenge

F. K. KäfersteinComments to Author , Y. Motarjemi, and D. W. Bettcher
Author affiliations: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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Figure 5

Hazard identification: identification of potentially hazardous microorganisms (15).

Figure 5. Hazard identification: identification of potentially hazardous microorganisms (15).

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