Fruits and Vegetables: Advances in Processing Technologies to Preserve and Enhance the Safety of Fresh and Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables

Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 983-991

  Niemira, B A ^a   Fan, X ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold plasma; Food safety; Fruits; Irradiation; Modified atmosphere packaging; Nonthermal processing; Ultraviolet light; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016096896     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384730-0.00428-6     Document Type: Chapter

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