Assessment of the hygienic performances of an air-cooling process for lamb carcasses and a spray-cooling process for pig carcasses

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 85-93

  Gill, C O ^a   Jones, T ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcasses; Cooling processes; Lamb; Pig

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CARCASS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COOLING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYGIENE; LAMB; MEAT INDUSTRY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; COLD; FOOD HANDLING; MEAT; SHEEP; SWINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031469520     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(97)00087-1     Document Type: Article

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