IFAS Extension
Release Date: 6/8/2025
Agriculture
Abstract
This is one in a series of fact sheets discussing common foodborne pathogens of interest to food handlers, processors, and retailers.
About this Publication
This document is FSHN03-6, one of a series of the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date June 2003. Revised August 2009, March 2013, and November 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
Authors
Michael A. Hubbard
former student, Department of Food and Resource Economics
Keith Schneider
Specialist
University of Florida
professor, UF/IFAS Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Gainesville, FL
Renée Goodrich-Schneider
Specialist
University of Florida
professor, food science, and chair, UF/IFAS Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Gainesville, FL
Susanna Richardson