Vacuum-packed beef primals with extremely long shelf life have unusual microbiological counts

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1524-1527

  Small, Alison Holdhus ^a   Jenson, Ian ^b   Kiermeier, Andreas ^c   Sumner, John ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Meat and Livestock Australia   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84864482738     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-12-042     Document Type: Article

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