Relationship between Aerosolized Microbial Load and Contamination of Fully Cooked Then Frozen Meat Products

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Helm Archer, A A ^a   Kerth, C R ^a   Jones, W R ^a   McCaskey, T A ^a   Conner, D E ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Univ Poultry Science Dept   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Beef; Chicken; Fully cooked product; Microbial contamination

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 1242277387     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2004.tb17870.x     Document Type: Article

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