Pulsed UV-light treatment of corn meal for inactivation of Aspergillus niger spores

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 883-888

  Jun, Soojin ^a   Irudayaraj, Joseph ^a   Demirci, Ali ^a   Geiser, David ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flour; Fungal spore; Lethality; Rapid inactivation; Response surface

Indexed keywords

RAPID INACTIVATIONS; RESPONSE SURFACE;

CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTANTS; FOOD PRODUCTS; FUNGI; HARVESTING; HEALTH HAZARDS; IRRADIATION; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FOOD PRESERVATION;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0346963904     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0950-5423.2003.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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