Effect of prechill fecal contamination on numbers of bacteria recovered from broiler chicken carcasses before and after immersion chilling.
Cason
J A
JA
US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Russell Research Center, Athens, Georgia 30604-5677, USA. jcason@saa.ars.usda.gov
Berrang
M E
ME
Buhr
R J
RJ
Cox
N A
NA
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005506:Food Contamination; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006920:Hygiene; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*