Airborne bacteria and carcass contamination in slaughterhouses

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-42

  Rahkio, T Marjatta ^a   Korkeala, Hannu J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air contamination; air flow; beef; hygiene; impactor; pork; slaughterhouse; swabbing method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031059051     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-60.1.38     Document Type: Article

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