Efficacy of intermittent decontamination treatments during processing in reducing the microbial load on broiler chicken carcass

Food Control

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-194

  Sakhare, P Z ^a   Sachindra, N M ^a   Yashoda, K P ^a   Narasimha Rao, D ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Broiler chicken; Decontamination; Organic acids; Spray washing

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0347602109     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-7135(99)00017-1     Document Type: Article

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