Chemical Methods for Decontamination of Meat and Poultry

Preharvest and Postharvest Food Safety: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 317-336

  Keeton, Jimmy T ^a   Eddy, Sarah M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical methods; Livestock; Meat; Modification; Poultry products; Practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889855717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470752579.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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