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Air Pollution and Mortality for 60 US Cities in 1960
No full textData includes measurements on mortality rate and explanatory variables(air-pollution, socio-economic and meteorological) for 60 US cities in 1960. This data was originally published in McDonald, G.C. and Schwing,R.C. (1973) 'Instabilities of regression estimates relating air pollution to mortality', Technometrics, vol.15, 463-482. It was redistributed through Carnegie Mellon University's StatLib (lib.stat.cmu.edu
Microbiological risk assessment in poultry production and processing
No full textAn overview of microbial risk assessment (MRA) and its application in the poultry production and processing are presented. An outline of the general methodology of MRA which includes scoping the problem, key components and alternative approaches, is also presented. Examples of poultry MRAs are given; they focus on Campylobacter and Salmonella which are the main organisms for which MRAs have been developed
An assessment of some aspects of the legislation controlling poultry meat processing based on a review of factors affecting the microbiology of the carcase with particular reference to the skin
No full textThe relevance of poultry meat to food poisoning is discussed and the Regulations controlling poultry meat processing are described. Current concepts of bacterial attachment to poultry skin are reviewed and based mainly on considerations of skin microbiology, the effect of successive stages of processing on carcase quality are discussed. In the light of these observations, an assessment is made of the regulations controlling poultry meat hygiene, and certain recommendations are made which could improve the safety and quality of the final product
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