Improvement of the hygienic performance of the hindquarters skinning operations at a beef packing plant

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 123-132

  Gill, C O ^a   McGinnis, J C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef; Carcasses; Escherichia coli; HACCP

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CARCASS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PACKAGING; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PROCESS CONTROL; SANITATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MEAT PRODUCTS;

EID: 0032837288     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(99)00111-7     Document Type: Article

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