Effect of Electron Beam Irradiation on the Bacterial Load and Sensorial Quality of Sliced Cantaloupe

Palekar, Mangesh P.; Cabrera-Díaz, E.; Kalbasi‐Ashtari, Ahmad; Maxim, Joseph E.; Miller, R. K.; Cisneros‐Zevallos, Luis; Castillo, Alejandro

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2621.2004.tb09941.x

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“…This study indicates that EB treatment caused significant reduction of microbial population in dates to below the maximum reference; dependent on the EB dose used. A similar observation has been reported by Palekar et al (2004) on the effect of EB treatment on TVC of cantaloupe, the TVC for the non-treated sample was 4.0 log CFU/g reduced to by 2.0 log CFU/g at 0.7 kGy and 3.8 log CFU/g at 1.4 kGy.…”

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“…Quality studies for irradiated fresh-cut cantaloupes indicated that irradiation at 1.4 kGy did not have any effect on the quality or sensory characteristics of the cut melons (Palekar et al, 2004a). Fan et al (2006) reported the effect of gamma irradiation on fresh-cut cantaloupes obtained from fresh cantaloupes that were treated by hot water pasteurization.…”

Section: Irradiationmentioning

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Melons

Castillo¹,

Martínez-Téllez²,

Rodríguez‐García³

2014

The Produce Contamination Problem

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“…Quality studies for irradiated fresh-cut cantaloupes indicated that irradiation at 1.4 kGy did not have any effect on the quality or sensory characteristics of the cut melons (Palekar et al, 2004a). reported the effect of gamma irradiation on fresh-cut cantaloupes obtained from fresh cantaloupes that were treated by hot water pasteurization.…”

Section: Irradiationmentioning

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Salmonella and Tomatoes

Bartz¹,

Marvasi²,

Teplitski³

2014

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Effect of Electron Beam Irradiation on the Bacterial Load and Sensorial Quality of Sliced Cantaloupe

Cited by 47 publications

References 23 publications

The effect of electron beam on dates infestation

The effect of electron beam on dates infestation

Melons

Salmonella and Tomatoes

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