Emerging sanitizers and Clean Room packaging for improving the microbial quality of fresh-cut 'Galia' melon

Food Control

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 863-871

  Silveira, A C ^a   Aguayo, E ^b   Artes F ^b  

^a Faculty of Agronomy   (Uruguay)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant compounds; Microbial counts; Minimally fresh processed; Respiration rate; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMIS;

EID: 75149162864     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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