Decontamination of hard cheeses by pulsed UV light

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1723-1731

  Can, Fidan O ^a   Demirci, Ali ^a,b   Puri, Virendra M ^a   Gourama, Hassan ^c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BOVINE; CHEESE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD PRESERVATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHEESE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DECONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PENICILLIUM; QUALITY CONTROL; TEMPERATURE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84908308943     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: 19449097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-13-559     Document Type: Article

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