Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in minced meat and hamburger patties

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-27

  Ciftcioglu, Gurhan ^a   Arun, Ozge O ^b   Vural, Aydin ^c   Aydin, Ali ^a   Aksu, Harun ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^c DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cold; E.coli O157:H7; Frozen; Hamburger; Minced meat; Storage; Survival

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 52949090830     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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