Inactivation of listeria innocua, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Escherichia coli O157:H7 on surface and stem scar areas of tomatoes using in-package ozonation

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1611-1618

  Fan, Xuetong ^a   Sokorai, Kimberly J B ^a   Engemann, Jürgen ^b   Gurtler, Joshua B ^a   Liu, Yanhong ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b JE PlasmaConsult GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84865755225     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-12-103     Document Type: Article

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