Evaluation of the hygienic performances of the processes for beef carcass dressing at 10 packing plants

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1050-1058

  Gill, C O ^a,c   Deslandes, B ^a   Rahn, K ^b   Houde, A ^a   Bryant, J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Health of Animals Laboratory   (Canada)

^c LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; BEEF; CONTAMINATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PACKING PLANTS; STATISTICS;

ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA; ARITHMETIC MEAN; BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; COLIFORMS; E. COLI; HYGIENIC PERFORMANCE; MEAN VALUES; SINGLE SAMPLE; STANDARD DEVIATION; TOTAL COUNTS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CARCASS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031850254     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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