The use of total aerobic and Gram-negative flora for quality assurance in the production chain of consumption eggs

Food Control

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-155

  De Reu, K ^a   Grijspeerdt, K ^a   Heyndrickx, M ^a   Uyttendaele, M ^b   Herman, L ^a  

^a Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Consumption eggs; Eggshell; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EGG SHELL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4444250398     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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