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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 6

Listeria monocytogenes sampling plans of foods that did not receive an in-pack listericidal treatment (16).

Figure 6. Listeria monocytogenes sampling plans of foods that did not receive an in-pack listericidal treatment (16).

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