Variation in the effect of carcass decontamination impacts the risk for consumers

Ana Sofia Ribeiro Duarte, Maarten Nauta, Søren Aabo

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Abstract

•The variation of decontamination has an effect on consumer risk reduction.•The effect of variation on risk is lower when mean log reduction is high.•The effect of variation on risk also depends on initial carcass contamination.•The effect of decontamination should be expressed as consumer risk reduction.
Original languageEnglish
JournalFood Control
Volume59
Pages (from-to)12-19
Number of pages8
ISSN0956-7135
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • Carcass decontamination
  • Log reduction effect
  • Probability distribution
  • QMRA
  • Consumer risk

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