LesleyTSM wrote in message <19990714153634.29899.00000194 at ng-fq1.aol.com>...
>Can anyone provide the microbial tolerance limits for deli salads as well
as
>the reference? I am interested in limits for the following:
>Total Plate Count
>Listeria monocytogenes
>E.coli
>Salmonella
>Staphylococcus
>
The public health laboratory service (PHLS) in the UK published some
guidelines for these kinds of foods in their inhouse journal a few years
ago. I suggest that you try their web page. I think that Richard Gilbert was
one of the authors.
Ian Jenson
