Food safety on the slaughterline: Inspection of pig heads

Veterinary Record

Volumn 150, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 782-784

  Petersen, J V ^a   Andersen, J K ^a   Sorensen F ^a   Knudsen, H ^a  

^a Vet Meat Hygiene Advisory Section   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD SAFETY; HEAD; MEAT INDUSTRY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; SWINE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; EUROPE; HUMAN; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; EUROPE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEAD; HUMANS; MEAT; PREVALENCE; SWINE;

EID: 0037157446     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.150.25.782     Document Type: Article

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