Minimizing water consumption in the fresh-cut processing industry

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ölmez, Hülya ^a  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Consumption; Fresh cut industry; Reduction; Sanitation; Sustainability; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877054880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2013.1.5     Document Type: Article

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