Effectiveness of a steam-vacuum sanitizer for reducing Escherichia coli O157 : H7 inoculated to beef carcass surface tissue

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-63

  Dorsa, W J ^a   Cutter, C N ^a   Siragusa, G R ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEEF; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AEROBIC PLATE COUNTS; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FECAL CONTAMINATION; RESIDUAL LEVELS; VACUUM TREATMENT;

STEAM;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD PRESERVATION; INOCULATION; MEAT; NONHUMAN; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0030016012     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb00029.x     Document Type: Article

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