Food spoilage and safety: Some key-concepts

Application of Alternative Food-Preservation Technologies to Enhance Food Safety and Stability

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 17-34

  Speranza, Barbara ^a   Bevilacqua, Antonio ^a   Sinigaglia, Milena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food spoilage; Food structure; Foodborne pathogens; What is food shelf life

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052806379     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2174/978160805096311001010017     Document Type: Chapter

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