Application of acidified sodium chlorite prewashing treatment to improve the food hygiene of lightly fermented vegetables

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-23

  Inatsu, Yasuhiro ^a   Bari, Md Latiful ^a   Kawamoto, Shinichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial control; Food poisoning

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33947262179     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.41.17     Document Type: Review

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