Effects of in-plant interventions on reduction of enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli and background indicator microorganisms on veal calf hides

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 745-751

  Wang, Rong ^a   Koohmaraie, Mohammad ^b,c   Luedtke, Brandon E ^a   Wheeler, Tommy L ^a   Bosilevac, Joseph M ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group   (United States)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATTLE; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVALUATION STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SKIN; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; MEAT; SKIN;

EID: 84899515277     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-13-388     Document Type: Article

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