Use of active packaging structures to control the microbial quality of a ready-to-eat meat product

Food Control

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 306-310

  Chen, Jinru ^a   Brody, Aaron L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PACKAGING BRODY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial packaging; Enterobacteriaceae; Listeria monocytogenes; Ready to eat meat; Total aerobes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867584811     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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