Decontamination strategies for fresh-cut produce

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Vandekinderen, Isabelle ^a   Devlieghere, Frank ^a   De Meulenaer, Bruno ^a   Ragaert, Peter ^a   Van Camp, John ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chlorine; Chlorine dioxide; Decontamination; Disinfection; Electrolysed oxidising water; Minimal processing; Peroxyacetic acid; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949103697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2009.4.5     Document Type: Review

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