Fresh meat spoilage and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP)

Improving the Safety of Fresh Meat

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 461-502

  Nychas, G J E ^a   Skandamis, P N ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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DOI: 10.1533/9781845691028.2.461     Document Type: Chapter

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