Effects of water source, dilution, storage, and bacterial and fecal loads on the efficacy of electrolyzed oxidizing water for the control of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1377-1383

  Stevenson, S M L ^a,b   Cook, S R ^a,b   Bach, S J ^a   McAllister, T A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 3242680948     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.7.1377     Document Type: Article

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