Hot-Water Treatments for Disinfecting Alfalfa Seeds Inoculated with Escherichia coli ATCC 25922

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 247-251

  Enomoto, Katsuyoshi ^a   Takizawa, Tsuneo ^a   Ishikawa, Noboru ^a   Suzuki, Tomosaburo ^a  

^a Daisey Machinery Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alfalfa seeds; Disinfection; Food poisoning; Hot water treatment; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0037639954     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.8.247     Document Type: Article

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