Post-packaging application of pulsed light for microbial decontamination of solid foods: A review

Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 145-156

  Heinrich, Victoria ^a,b   Zunabovic, Marija ^a   Bergmair, Johannes ^b   Kneifel, Wolfgang ^a   Jäger, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b OFI Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology   (Austria)

Author keywords

In package application; Inactivation; Minimal processing; Non thermal decontamination; Pulsed light treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; DECONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MECHANICAL STABILITY; PACKAGING MATERIALS;

INACTIVATION; MICROBIAL DECONTAMINATION; MINIMAL PROCESSING; NONTHERMAL; PACKAGING APPLICATIONS; PULSED LIGHT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SURFACE DECONTAMINATION;

PACKAGING;

EID: 84947047676     PISSN: 14668564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2015.06.005     Document Type: Review

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