Influence of welding procedures on bacterial colonization of stainless steel weldments

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-96

  Tide, Cathy ^a   Harkin, Shannon R ^b   Geesey, Gill G ^b   Bremer, Philip J ^c   Scholz, Wolfgang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^d New Zealand Welding Center   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CONTAMINATION; GRINDING (MACHINING); PLASMA WELDING; PLATE METAL; POLISHING; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WELDS;

FOOD CONTAMINATION; PATHOGENS;

FOOD PROCESSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0032598821     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-8774(99)00109-0     Document Type: Article

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