Irradiated Ground Beef for the National School Lunch Program

Food Irradiation Research and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 237-248

  Fan, Xuetong ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Lunch; Meals; Safe foods; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 62549109789     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470277638.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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