Combined treatment with chlorine dioxide gas, fumaric acid, and ultraviolet-C light for inactivating Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes inoculated on plums

Food Control

Volumn 71, Issue , 2017, Pages 371-375

  Kim, Hyun Gyu ^a   Song, Kyung Bin ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chlorine dioxide gas; Fumaric acid; Pathogenic bacteria; Plums; UV C

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979072191     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.07.022     Document Type: Article

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