Immersion vacuum cooling of cooked beef - Safety and process considerations regarding beef joint size

Meat Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 738-743

  Drummond, Liana ^a   Sun, Da Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cooked beef; Cooling losses; Cooling time; Immersion vacuum cooling; Safety

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 50249129614     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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