Microbial decontamination of food by pulsed electric fields (PEFs)

Microbial Decontamination in the Food Industry: Novel Methods and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 407-449

  Amiali, M ^a   Ngadi, M O ^b  

^a Algeria 3INATAA University of Constatntine   (Algeria)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Emerging technology; Food safety; Liquid food products; Pathogenic bacteria; Pulsed electric field

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902900620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857095756.2.407     Document Type: Chapter

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