Effect of egg washing on the cuticle quality of brown and white table eggs

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1649-1654

  Leleu, S ^a   Messens, W ^a,e   De Reu, K ^a   De Preter, S ^b   Herman, L ^a   Heyndrickx, M ^a   De Baerdemaeker, J ^c   Michiels, C W ^c   Bain, M ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b Eggnology ^*  (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHICKEN; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PRODUCT SAFETY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COLORIMETRY; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EGG SHELL; EGGS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 80053912673     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-013     Document Type: Article

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