Use of time-temperature integrators and predictive modelling for shelf life control of chilled fish under dynamic storage conditions

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-31

  Taoukis, P S ^a   Koutsoumanis, K ^b   Nychas, G J E ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arrhenius; Fish; Modelling; Shelf life; Specific spoilage bacteria; Time temperature integrators (TTI)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FISH; FOOD QUALITY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PSEUDOMONAS; SHELF LIFE; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033410252     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(99)00142-7     Document Type: Article

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