Using irradiation to make safe food safer

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Eustice, Ronald F ^a  

^a Food Quality and Safety Consultant ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Food irradiation; Foodborne illness; Pasteurization; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940845863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2015.3.1     Document Type: Article

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