Effect of chitosan coating on contamination of fresh bovine meat sold in the open market

ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the sanitary status of fresh bovine meat sold at the open market in Jiquiriça municipality, Brazil and validate the use of chitosan as an antimicrobial coating to control the bioburden. In total, we evaluated 30 samples of fresh beef for the presence of coagulas...

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Main Authors: Alessandra Santana Silva, Adriana Pereira Sampaio, Marly Silveira Santos, Bartolomeu Warlene Silva de Souza, Norma Suely Evangelista-Barreto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará
Series:Revista Ciência Agronômica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-66902019000100038&lng=en&tlng=en