Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Food Science
Buys, EM
MSc(Pret) PhD(Witwatersrand) - Associate Professor
NRF Rating: C2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
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
Value addition to underutilized SA foodstuffs
Modern food processing technologies for improved quality and safety of foods
Combating lifestyle diseases through the use of indigenous South African Foods
Enteric viruses & Environmental virology
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Tabit F, Buys EM: 2011. Incidence and survival ofBacillus sporothermodurans during processing of UHT milk. British Food Journal, 113 / Apr, pp 505-518, Full Text
Ijabadeniyi OA, Minnaar A, Buys EM: 2011. Effect of attachment time followed by chlorine washing on the survival of inoculated listeria monocytogenes on tomatoes and spinach. Journal of Food Quality, 34, pp 133-141, Full Text
Ijabadeniyi T, Debusho LK, van der Linde MJ, Buys EM: 2011. Irrigation water as a potential preharvest source of bacterial contamination of vegetables. Journal of Food Safety, 31, pp 452-461, Full Text
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