Trimming and washing of beef carcasses as a method of improving the microbiological quality of meat

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 751-756

  Reagan, James O ^a   Acuff, Gary R ^b   Buege, Dennis R ^c   Buyck, Marietta J ^a   Dickson, James S ^d   Kastner, Curtis L ^e   Marsden, James L ^e   Morgan, J Brad ^f   Nickelson II, Ranzell ^g   Smith, Gary C ^f   Sofos, John N ^f  

^a National Live Stock and Meat Board   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^g Silliker Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef carcass; contamination; decontamination; trimming washing

Indexed keywords

EID: 9544252971     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-59.7.751     Document Type: Article

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