Kraft, Allen A.

Psychrotropic bacteria in foods : disease and spoilage / Allen A. Kraft. - Boca Raton, FL : CRC, 1992. - 274 p ; 24 cm. + hbk.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section A: Overview, low temperatures, spoilage organisms, pathogens and foods -- Health hazards vs. Food spoilage -- Psychotrophic spoilage bacteria, meat spoilage -- Spoilage of cured meats and other meat items -- Poultry spoilage -- Spoilage of eggs and fish -- Spoilage of dairy products, vegetables, fruits and other foods -- Manifestations of spoilage by psychrotophic bacteria, spoilage changes in foods of animal origin -- Psychrotrophic pathogens -- Pathogens surviving low temperatures -- Section B: Control by low temperatures -- Refrigeration and freezing.

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Food--Microbiology.
Psychrophilic bacteria.
Food spoilage.

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