Minimally processed fruits and vegetables: Reducing microbial load by nonthermal physical treatments

Food Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 66-71

  Hoover, Dallas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 0002878540     PISSN: 00156639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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