Impact of irradiation on the safety and quality of poultry and meat products: A review

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 442-457

  O'Bryan, Corliss A ^a   Crandall, Philip G ^a   Ricke, Steven C ^a   Olson, Dennis G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli O157:H7; Irradiation; Listeria; Meat; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD IRRADIATION; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD POISONING; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; POULTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; STANDARD; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CATTLE; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD IRRADIATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD POISONING; MEAT; POULTRY; VIRUSES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 45849142208     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408390701425698     Document Type: Review

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