Effect of dehairing operations on microbiological quality of swine carcasses

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1478-1481

  Yu, Shew Ling ^a   Bolton, Declan ^b   Laubach, Cheryl ^c   Kline, Patricia ^c   Oser, Alan ^c   Palumbo, Samuel A ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c Hatfield Quality Meats   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECONTAMINATION; DEHAIRING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PROCESS MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; SWINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUS SCROFA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0033486338     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-62.12.1478     Document Type: Article

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