Lethality of home-style dehydrator processes against Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella serovars in the manufacture of ground-and-formed beef jerky and the potential for using a pathogen surrogate in process validation

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2056-2064

  Borowski, A G ^a   Ingham, S C ^b   Ingham, B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Division of Food Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PEDIOCOCCUS; SALMONELLA;

EID: 70350287491     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.10.2056     Document Type: Article

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