Sensory evaluation of irradiated ground beef patties for the National School Lunch Program

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Fan, X ^a   Niemira, B A ^a   Rajkowski, K T ^a   Phillips, J ^a   Sommers, C H ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground beef; Ionizing radiation; Schools; Sensory evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944228831     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2004.tb09954.x     Document Type: Article

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