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At the end of the 1980s, public awareness of the possible presence of food-poisoning bacteria in the food supply of the developed countries greatly increased. Examples receiving much publicity in the United Kingdom included outbreaks of salmonellosis originating from unprocessed eggs and the emergence in the public eye of Listeria monocytogenes as a potential pathogen (Figure 1.1).
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© 1992 G. M. Wyatt, H. A. Lee and M. R. A. Morgan
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Wyatt, G.M. (1992). Introduction. In: Immunoassays for Food-poisoning Bacteria and Bacterial Toxins. Food Safety Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2001-6_1
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