Contamination of beef carcasses by spinal cord tissue during splitting

Food Control

Volumn 13, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 417-423

  Helps, C R ^a   Hillman, T J ^a   Fisher, A V ^a   Anil, H ^a   Knowles, T G ^a   Harbour, D A ^a   Hindell, P ^b   Knight, A C ^c   Whyte, R T ^c   O'Niell, D H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BSE; Contamination; Experimental oval saw; Spinal cord; vCJD

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S100B;

ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGINEERING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD WASHING; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PRION; SHEEP; SPINAL CORD; UNITED KINGDOM; VACUUM; WATER VAPOR;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036332765     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-7135(01)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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