Implementation of targeted interventions to control Escherichia coli O157:H7 in a commercial abattoir

Meat Science

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-365

  Rekow, Corri L ^a   Brashears, Mindy M ^a   Brooks, J Chance ^a   Loneragan, Guy H ^a   Gragg, Sara E ^a   Miller, Mark F ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef carcass; Carcass mapping; Carcass swab; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Steam; Targeted intervention

Indexed keywords

CARCASS MAPPING; CARCASS SWAB; E. COLI; E.COLI O157:H7; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; SPECIFIC AREAS; TARGETED INTERVENTION;

CONTAMINATION; FABRICATION; HARVESTING; STEAM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; MEAT; PREVALENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78651256535     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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