The effect of the association of sanitizers and surfactant in the microbiota of the Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo L.) melon surface

Food Control

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 369-373

  Bastos, Maria do Socorro Rocha ^a,b   de Fátima Ferreira Soares, Nilda ^a   José de Andrade, Nélio ^a   Cristina Arruda, Aline ^a   Elesbão Alves, Ricardo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA AGROINDÚSTRIA TROPICAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cucumis melon cantaloupensis; Food safety; Sanitation

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; PERACETIC ACID; POLYSORBATE 80; SURFACTANT; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CANTALOUPE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD WASHING; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; MICROBIOTA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 10244222218     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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