Antimicrobial food equipment coatings: Applications and challenges

Annual Review of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages 97-118

  Bastarrachea, Luis J ^a   Denis Rohr, Anna ^a   Goddard, Julie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial coatings; Food contact materials; Food processing equipment; Food safety; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; COATINGS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SUPPLY; MICROORGANISMS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TEXTILES;

ANTIMICROBIAL COATINGS; COATING PROCESS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; FOOD CONTACT MATERIAL; FOOD PROCESSING EQUIPMENT; QUALITY AND SAFETIES;

PROCESSED FOODS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

FOOD HANDLING; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FOOD HANDLING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84928496122     PISSN: 19411413     EISSN: 19411421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-food-022814-015453     Document Type: Review

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