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Pre-cooked meals sterilized by irradiation for immunosuppressed patients.

Stérilisation par ionisation de plats cuisinés pour malades immunodéprimés.

Author(s) : DESMONTS M. H.

Type of excerpt: Other

Summary

The effects of low temperature (-40 °C) electron beam irradiation at doses between 12 and 40 kGy, combined with vacuum-packaging, on bacteriological (sterility), nutritional (vitamin losses) and organoleptic qualities of selected pre-cooked meals are investigated. All the meals are and remain sterile even after 11 months of storage at 4 °C. This is achieved thanks to compliance with strict hygienic precautions during their preparation. These meals, which are organoleptically better than autoclaved foods, could be proposed to immunosuppressed patients.

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  • Original title: Stérilisation par ionisation de plats cuisinés pour malades immunodéprimés.
  • Record ID : 2001-0249
  • Languages: French
  • Source: Le traitement ionisant des aliments.
  • Publication date: 1997/10
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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