Consumer Acceptance and Marketing of Irradiated Foods

Food Irradiation Research and Technology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 173-195

  Eustice, Ronald F ^a   Bruhn, Christine M ^b  

^a Minnesota Beef Council   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer acceptance; Disinfestation; Electron beam; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Foodborne illness; Foodborne pathogens; Gamma rays; Ground beef; Irradiation; Postharvest interventions; Preharvest interventions; Radura; Salmonella; Shelf life extension; Sterilization; X rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887245757     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118422557.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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