Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Pasteurization

Treatment of food with physical methods such as heat, high pressure, radiation, or electric current to destroy organisms that cause disease or food spoilage.

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Abstract

Treatment of food with physical methods such as heat, high pressure, radiation, or electric current to destroy organisms that cause disease or food spoilage.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Pasteurizations
  • Ultrapasteurization
  • Ultrapasteurizations

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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History Note

2012

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  1. J01.576w.423w.200.850w
  2. J01.576w.423w.850w.700w.700w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pasteurization. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D061352. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D061352
  2. Pasteurization. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteurization
  3. Pasteurization. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58148