Design of control charts to monitor the microbiological contamination of pork meat cuts

Food Control

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-97

  Augustin, Jean Christophe ^a   Minvielle, Brice ^b  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b IFIP   (France)

Author keywords

Enterobacteriaceae; Pork meat cuts; Process hygiene criteria; Pseudomonas; Statistical process control

Indexed keywords

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 34548364173     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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