New Automated Microwave Heating Process for Cooking and Pasteurization of Microwaveable Foods Containing Raw Meats

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Huang, Lihan ^a   Sites, Joseph ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic control; E. coli O157:H7; Inverter; Microwave

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATTLE; COOKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SAFETY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; COOKERY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HOT TEMPERATURE; MEAT; MICROWAVES; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77953892132     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2009.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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