Sanitization potency of slightly acidic electrolyzed water against pure cultures of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, in comparison with that of other food sanitizers

Food Control

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 740-745

  Issa Zacharia, Abdulsudi ^a,b   Kamitani, Yoshinori ^c   Morita, Kazuo ^a   Iwasaki, Koichi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c Hoshizaki Electric Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food pathogens; Sanitization; Slightly acidic electrolyzed water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 73549110280     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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