Contamination of beef trimmings with Escherichia coli during a carcass breaking process

Food Research International

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-130

  Gill, C O ^a   McGinnis, J C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef; Carcass breaking process; Cleaning; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BEEF; CARCASS; DECONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034050337     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-9969(00)00026-0     Document Type: Article

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