Effects of acetic acid, lactic acid and trisodium phosphate on the microflora of refrigerated beef carcass surface tissue inoculated with Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria innocua, and Clostridium sporogenes

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 619-624

  Dorsa, Warren J ^a   Cutter, Catherine N ^a   Siragusa, Gregory R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Beef; Clostridium sporogenes; Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria innocua; Organic acids; Trisodium phosphate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA INNOCUA;

EID: 0030918198     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-60.6.619     Document Type: Article

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