Shelf life establishment of a sliced, cooked, cured meat product based on quality and safety determinants

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1881-1889

  Mataragas, Marios ^a   Drosinos, Eleftherios H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 34547761712     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.8.1881     Document Type: Article

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