On modeling the irregular fluctuations in microbial counts

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 503-517

  Horowitz, Joseph ^a   Normand, Mark ^a   Peleg, Micha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Food safety; Meat; Microbial counts; Milk; Population dynamics; Poultry; Predictive microbiology; Water

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; FOOD; FOOD CONTROL; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MEAT; MILK; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POULTRY PRODUCTS;

EID: 0033226885     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408699991279268     Document Type: Article

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