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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Department of Food Science

Buys, EM

MSc(Pret) PhD(Witwatersrand) - Associate Professor

NRF Rating: Y2

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 3209
Fax number: 012 420 2839
E-mail address: elna.buys@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Dairy and Meat Microbiology

Natural shelf-life extension of food

Modern food processing technologies for improved quality and safety of foods

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Nortje K, Buys EM, Minnaar A: 2006. Use of g-irradiation to reduce high levels of Staphylcoccus aureus on casein-whey protein coated moist beef biltong. Food Microbiology, 23, pp 729-737.

Shale K, Lues JFR, Venter P, Buys EM: 2006. The distribution of Staphylococci in bioaerosols from red-meat abattoirs. Journal of Environmental Health, 69 (4) / Nov, pp 25-32.

Venter P, Shale K, Lues JFR, Buys EM: 2006. Microbial proliferation and mathematical indices of vacuum-packed bovine meat. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 30, pp 433-448.

 

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