Microbiological Sampling of Carcasses by Excision or Swabbing
- 1 February 2000
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Food Protection
- Vol. 63 (2) , 167-173
- https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x-63.2.167
Abstract
Groups of 25 carcasses were obtained by random selection of carcasses at the end of each of eight commercial processes for the dressing or cooling of carcasses. Samples were collected from six grou...Keywords
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