The effect of a commercial UV disinfection system on the bacterial load of shell eggs

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-148

  De Reu, K ^a   Grijspeerdt, K ^a   Herman, L ^a   Heyndrickx, M ^a   Uyttendaele, M ^b   Debevere, J ^b   Putirulan, F ^c   Bolder, N M ^c  

^a Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial load; Shell eggs; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRRADIATION; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

% REDUCTIONS; BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; CONVEYOR BELTS; ROLLER CONVEYORS; SHELL EGGS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UV DISINFECTION SYSTEM; UV IRRADIATION; UV TREATMENT;

BELT CONVEYORS;

DNA 16S;

BACTERIOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; CONVEYORS; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DISINFECTION; EGG;

AEROBIC BACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EGG SHELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SPOILAGE; FOOD WASHING; HEN; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33645244495     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01825.x     Document Type: Article

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