Inactivation of foodborne pathogens on the surfaces of different packaging materials using low-pressure air plasma

Food Control

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 149-155

  Lee, Taehoon ^a   Puligundla, Pradeep ^a   Mok, Chulkyoon ^a  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Food packaging materials; Foodborne pathogens; Inactivation; Kinetic modeling; Low pressure plasma; Physical property

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912032670     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.11.021     Document Type: Article

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