Food safety and organic meats

Annual Review of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 203-225

  Van Loo, Ellen J ^a,b   Alali, Walid ^c   Ricke, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

food safety; organic beef; organic meat; organic poultry; organic swine

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; CONSUMER DEMANDS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEAT INDUSTRY; MEAT PRODUCTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL SAFETY; ORGANIC FOODS; ORGANIC SWINE; SAFETY HAZARDS; SAFETY RISKS; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURES;

FOOD SAFETY; HAZARDS; MICROORGANISMS;

MEATS;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOOD SAFETY; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC FOOD; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD, ORGANIC; LEGISLATION, FOOD; MEAT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84862683774     PISSN: 19411413     EISSN: 19411421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-food-022811-101158     Document Type: Article

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