Irradiation of ready-to-eat foods at USDA'S Eastern Regional Reasearch Center-2003 update

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 511-514

  Sommers, Christopher ^a   Fan, Xuetong ^a   Niemira, Brendan ^a   Rajkowski, Kathleen ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Food chemistry; Irradiation; Pathogen elimination; Ready to eat

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DOSIMETRY; FRUITS; IONIZING RADIATION; MEATS; QUALITY CONTROL;

PATHOGENS; READY-TO-EAT (RTE) FOOD PRODUCTS;

IRRADIATION;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD FREEZING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD IRRADIATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; IONIZING RADIATION; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POULTRY; RESEARCH; SALMONELLA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 4143062638     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2004.03.070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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