Kinetics of Listeria monocytogenes cell reduction in processed cheese during storage

Food Control

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-21

  Angelidis, Apostolos S ^a   Papageorgiou, Demetrios K ^a   Tyrovouzis, Nikolaos A ^a   Stoforos, Nikolaos G ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arrhenius equation; Listeria monocytogenes; Microbial reduction; Processed cheese; Temperature effects; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84862976960     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.05.062     Document Type: Article

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