Decontamination of Escherichia coli O157: H7 on green onions using pulsed light (PL) and PL-surfactant-sanitizer combinations

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-108

  Xu, Wenqing ^a   Chen, Haiqiang ^a   Huang, Yaoxin ^a   Wu, Changqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli O157:H7; Green onions; Pulsed light (PL); SDS

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CITRIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SURFACTANT; THYMOL;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GREEN ONION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; ONION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84880385880     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.06.027     Document Type: Article

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