Pre- and post-harvest interventions to reduce pathogen contamination in the U.S. beef industry

Meat Science

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 372-382

  Wheeler, T L ^a   Kalchayanand, N ^a   Bosilevac, J M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Beef; E. coli; Interventions; O157; Post harvest; Pre harvest

Indexed keywords

BEEF; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARVESTING; PATHOGENS;

E. COLI; INTERVENTIONS; O157; POSTHARVEST; PRE-HARVEST;

MEATS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PRODUCT SAFETY; SALMONELLA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT; SALMONELLA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904959764     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2014.06.026     Document Type: Article

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