Effect of a commercial steam-vacuuming treatment implemented after slaughtering for the decontamination of cattle carcasses

To assess the antimicrobial effect of a commercial steam-vacuuming system newly implemented after slaughtering, 105 cattle carcasses were examined for total viable counts (TVC) at four different areas. Before steam vacuuming, mean TVC of the excision samples were comparable at the perineal area and...

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Main Authors: Mirjam Hochreutener, Claudio Zweifel, Sabrina Corti, Roger Stephan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2017-09-01
Series:Italian Journal of Food Safety
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ijfs/article/view/6864