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2002

The University of Maine

Food Processing

Cider pasteurization

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Pasteurization Of Apple Cider With Uv Irradiation, Nazife Canitez May 2002

Pasteurization Of Apple Cider With Uv Irradiation, Nazife Canitez

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In a period of increasing concern about food safety, food poisoning outbreaks where unpasterurized apple cider or apple juice was found contaminated with Escherichia coli 0157:H7 reinforces the need for using the best technologies in apple cider production. Most apple cider is sold as an unpasteurized raw product. Because of their acidity, it was believed that juice products do not usually contain microorganisms such as E. coli 0157:H7, Salmonella, and Crytosporidium. Yet all of these foodborne pathogens are capable of being transmitted in unpasteurized juices. It is known that these pathogens can survive for several weeks in a …