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ESTABLISHMENT OF BASELINE DATA ON THE MICROBIOTA OF MEATS
Author(s) -
MCNAMARA ANN MARIE
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of food safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1745-4565
pISSN - 0149-6085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4565.1995.tb00127.x
Subject(s) - baseline (sea) , agriculture , food safety , agricultural science , food science , veterinary medicine , environmental health , business , geography , medicine , biology , fishery , archaeology
ABSTRACT The United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service has initiated the National Microbiological Baseline Data Collection Programs to determine the prevalence and levels of selected bacteria on meat and poultry slaughtered under federal inspection. This paper reviews the methodology and results of the first completed study on samples collected from steer and heifer carcasses. Potential applications for this type of testing are discussed.