Use of total or Escherichia coli counts to assess the hygienic characteristics of a beef carcass dressing process

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 181-196

  Gill, C O ^a   McGinnis, J C ^a   Badoni, M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef; Carcass dressing; Escherichia coli; Total counts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HYGIENE; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030220937     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1605(96)00982-8     Document Type: Article

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