Concerns with minimal processing in apple, citrus, and vegetable products

Microbial Safety of Minimally Processed Foods

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 35-52

  Rajkowski, Kathleen T ^a   Baldwin, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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