Aseptic packaging machine pre-sterilisation and package sterilisation: Statistical aspects of microbiological validation

Food Control

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-66

  Moruzzi, Guido ^a   Garthright, Wallace E ^b   Floros, John D ^c  

^a Tetra Brik Packaging System SpA   (Italy)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aseptic packaging; Microbiological challenge; MPN; Package sterilisation; Pre sterilisation; Statistical; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034135028     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-7135(99)00084-5     Document Type: Article

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