The effectiveness of sanitizer treatments in inactivation of Salmonella spp. from bell pepper, cucumber, and strawberry

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Yuk, Hyun Gyun ^a   Bartz, Jerry A ^b   Schneider, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidified sodium chlorite; Chlorine; Chlorine dioxide; Peroxyacetic acid; Produce; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; PAA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 33646339455     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2006.tb15638.x     Document Type: Article

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