Shelf life prediction: Status and future possibilities

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-83

  McMeekin, Thomas A ^a   Ross, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Microbial food spoilage; Predictive microbiology; Pseudomonas model; Risk evaluation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ECOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD SPOILAGE; FOOD STORAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030296964     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1605(96)01138-5     Document Type: Article

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