Open AccessMicrobiological profile of milk: Impact of household practices
Author(s) -
Amit Agarwal,
Vandana Awasthi,
Ajit Dua,
Sanjeev Ganguly,
Vivek Kumar Garg,
Sudeep Marwaha
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/0019-557x.96984
Subject(s) - pasteurization , food science , listeria monocytogenes , contamination , salmonella , biology , bacteria , ecology , genetics
Milk is susceptible to contamination by many microorganisms including microbial pathogens responsible for causing diseases. Various processes including pasteurization, boiling or storage under refrigerated conditions are undertaken to minimize the microbial contamination of milk.