Use of Electron Beams in Food Preservation

Progress in Food Preservation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 343-372

  Bhat, Rajeev ^a   Alias, Abd Karim ^a   Paliyath, Gopinadhan ^b  

^a University Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumers; Decontamination; Dose; Electron beams; Food safety; Ionizing radiation; Pathogens; Radiation processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887132518     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119962045.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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