Effect of the Combined Treatment of UV-C Light and Modified Atmosphere Packaging on the Inactivation of Escherichia coli Inoculated Watercress

Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1525-1533

  Hinojosa, Andrea ^a   Gatica, Isabel ^a   Bustamante, Andrés ^a   Cárdenas, Daniela ^a   Escalona, Víctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SANITATION; SPOILAGE; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTION;

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; COMBINED TREATMENT; COMMERCIAL IMPLEMENTATION; FRUIT AND VEGETABLES; LIMITED INFORMATION; MINIMALLY PROCESSED; MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE; SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH;

MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING;

EID: 84953322723     PISSN: 01458892     EISSN: 17454549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfpp.12378     Document Type: Article

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