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CHAPTER 8
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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1. United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA). 1998. Bacteriological Analytical Manual, 8th Edition.

2. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Designation F1140-88, May 1988, Standard Test Methods for Failure Resistance of Unrestrained and Nonrigid Packages for Medical Applications.

3. ASTM Designation F88-85, January 1988, Standard Test Method for Seal Strength of Flexible Barrier Materials.

4. ASTM Designation F1168-88, October 1988, Standard for Use in the Establishment of Thermal Processes for Foods Packaged in Flexible Containers.

5. Barnes, Frank L., Paper in FDA "Course Manual - Low-acid Canned Foods", Retort Pouches, pages 197-21.

6. Canadian General Standards Board, CGSB/ASTM Standard, October 1986, Standard Practice for the Establishment of Thermal Processes for Foods Packaged in Flexible Containers.

7. Canadian General Standards Board, CAN/CGSB-32.302-M87, November 1987, Use of Flexible Laminated Pouches for Thermally Processed Foods.

8. Evans, K.W., R.H. Thorpe, and D. Atherton, Guidelines on Good Manufacturing Practice for Sterilisable Flexible Packaging Operations for Low-acid Foods, Technical Manual #4, 1978, Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association Group.

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10. Health and Welfare Canada, 1990, Recommended Canadian Code of Hygienic Practice for Low-acid and Acidified Low-acid Foods in Hermetically Sealed Containers (Canned Foods), Minister of Supply and Services Canada.

11. Health Protection Branch, February 1989, Tentative Lab Procedure TMFLP-41.

12. Hendrickson, March 1992, Flexible Packaging used in the Thermal Processing and Aseptic Filling of Low-acid Foods, National Food Processor's Association (NFPA).

13. Lampi, R.A., G.L. Schultz, T. Ciavarini, and P.T. Burke, 1976, Performance and Integrity of Retort Pouch Seals, Food Technology 30, 38-40, 42, 44-45, 47-48.

14. Lopez, Anthony (1987). "Retortable Flexible Containers", in A Complete Course in Canning and Related Processes, Book II - Packaging, Aseptic Processing Ingredients, 12th edition. The Canning Trade Incorporated, Baltimore, MD.

15. McEldowney, S., M. Fletcher, The Effect of Physical and Microbiological Factors on Food Container Leakage, Journal of Applied Bacteriology, 1990, 69, 190-205.

16. Mermelstein, June 1978, Retort Pouch Earns 1978 IFT Food Technology Industrial Achievement Award, Food Technology 32, 22-23, 26, 30, 32-33.

17. Michels and Schram, Effect of Handling Procedures on the Post-process Contamination of Retort Pouches, Journal of Applied Bacteriology, 1979, 47, 105-111.

18. McEldowney, S., M. Fletcher, 1990, A Model System for the Study of Food Container Leakage, Journal of Applied Bacteriology, 1990, 69, 206-210.

19. National Food Processers' Association (NFPA), Bulletin 26L - Thermal Processes for Low-acid Foods in Metal Containers, 1996, National Food Processors Association, 13^th edition, Washington, DC.

20. NFPA Bulletin 38L, Guidelines for Evaluation and Disposition of Damaged Canned Food Containers, National Food Processors Association, Washington, DC.

21. NFPA Bulletin 41L, 1989, Flexible Package Integrity Committee, Flexible Package Integrity, National Food Processors Association, Washington, DC.

22. NFPA, 1985, Guidelines for Thermal Process Development for Foods Packaged in Flexible Containers, P-FLX, National Food Processors Association, Washington, DC.

23. NFPA Lab Memorandum, September 1, 1992.

24. Report by meal, ready-to-eat (MRRE) task force, July 1986, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Washington, DC

25. Shappee, Jonathan, Stanley J. Werkowski, Study of a Nondestructive Test for Determining the Volume of Air in Flexible Food Packages. U.S. Army Natick Laboratories, Technical Report 73-4-GP, June 1972.

26.  Weintraub, Sara, Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy, and Marvin A. Tung, 1989, Heating Rates in Flexible Packages Containing Entrapped Air During Overpressure Processing, Journal of Food Science, Volume 54, Number 6, 1989.

27. Whitman, W.E.,January 1975, Foods Sterilised in Non-rigid Containers, Leatherhead Food RA, Layman's Guide Number 20.

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