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The Impact of Bacterial Spoilage and Foodborne Pathogens on Beef Industry and Application of Antimicrobial Interventions
(North Dakota State University, 2019)The beef industry continues to face concerns regarding the hygiene and the safety of its products. A wide range of microorganisms from various sources can grow on meat surfaces that are rich in fluid and nutrients. This ... -
High Pressure Processing and Nisin as Possible Nonthermal Treatments for Control of Listeria and Impact on Quality Attributes in Cold Smoked Pacific Sockeye Salmon
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Cold smoked salmon products are considered high risk for Listeria monocytogenes contamination by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration due to lack of validated kill step. Currently, there are no commercialized post-packaging ... -
A Quantitative Cost Model of HACCP Implementation
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Foodbome illness is an important public health problem in the United States. Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) is widely acknowledged as an effective method to ensure product quality and control foodbome ... -
Foreign Material Identification and Removal in the Food Safety Industry
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Changes in the food industry including the mass production in response to the globalization of the food chain have led to additional food safety and quality challenges for the food industry. One aspect of these challenges ... -
Listeria Monocytogenes in the Retail Food Service Environment
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Listeria monocytogenes is one of the biggest microbial concerns affecting today’s food industry. It is a ubiquitous liability with a high mortality rate, unique characteristics of growth and survival in many environmental ... -
Food Safety Culture: An Underlying Cause for Success and Failures of Food Safety Management Systems
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Food Safety Culture (FSC) is an emerging behavior-based food-safety management concept. FSC has been linked as an underlying cause for food-safety management-system failures during foodborne outbreaks and recall investigations. ... -
Presence of Escherichia Coli and Salmonella Enterica on Wheat and Possible Control Measures
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Wheat (Triticum spp.) is one of the most important cereal crops grown in the U.S., with an average of 50 million acres planted on an annual basis. Wheat is milled into flour or semolina, which is used to make bread, cookies, ... -
Escherichia Coli in Bovine Calf Scours
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Scours is caused by inflammation of the intestinal tract of ruminants leading to significant mortality and morbidity rates. It is predominately found in neonatal ruminants where the disease can occur 36 hours after birth. ... -
Occurrence of Salmonella and Listeria Monocytogenes in Ready to Eat Meats in the United States: 2000-2010
(North Dakota State University, 2012)The purpose of this review is to characterize the occurrence of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes in ready to eat (RTE) meats in the United States between the years 2000-2010. Data were obtained from the CDC foodborne ... -
Does Consumption of Beef from Cattle Administered Growth-Enhancing Technology Trigger Early Estrus in Pre-Pubertal Gilts?
(North Dakota State University, 2012)The objective was to determine if pre-pubertal gilts supplemented ground beef obtained from steers implanted with growth enhancing technology caused precocious puberty. Twenty-four gilts were selected for the same birth ...