Efficacy of chlorine and heat treatment in killing Salmonella stanley inoculated onto alfalfa seeds and growth and survival of the pathogen during sprouting and storage

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2212-2215

  Jaquette, Cynthia B ^a   Beuchat, Larry R ^a   Mahon, Barbara E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEAT TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR STANLEY; FABACEAE; SALMONELLA STANLEY;

ALFALFA; BACTERIAL PATHOGEN; CHLORINE TREATMENT; HEAT TREATMENT;

EID: 0029660210     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2212-2215.1996     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Andrews, W. H., P. B. Mislivec, C. R. Wilson, V. R. Bruce, P. L. Poelma, R. Gibson, M. W. Truckness, and K. Young. 1982. Microbial hazards associated with bean sprouting. J. Assoc. Off. Anal. Chem. 65:241-248.
2. Andrews, W. H., C. R. Wilson, P. L. Poelma, A. Romero, and P. B. Mislivec. 1979. Bacteriological survey of sixty health foods. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 37:559-566.
3. Beuchat, L. R. 1996. Pathogenic microorganisms associated with fresh produce. J. Food Prot. 59:204-216.
4. Beuchat, L. R., and E. K. Heaton. 1975. Salmonella survival on pecans as influenced by processing and storage conditions. Appl. Microbiol. 29:795-801.
5. Caudill, D. 1995. Personal communication.
6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unpublished data.
7. Ercolani, G. L. 1976. Bacteriological quality assessment of fresh marketed lettuce and fennel. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 31:847-852.
8. Flowers, R. S., J. D'Aoust, W. H. Andrews, and J. S. Bailey. 1992. Salmonella, p, 399-405. In C. Vanderzant and D. R. Splittstoesser (ed.), Compendium of methods for the microbiological examination of foods, 3rd ed. Edwards Brothers, Ann Arbor, Mich.
9. Garcia-Villanova Ruiz, B., R. Galvez Vargas, and R. Garcia-Villanova. 1987. Contamination on fresh vegetables during cultivation and marketing. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 4:285-291.
10. Hedberg, C. W., K. L. MacDonald, and M. T. Olsterholm. 1994. Changing epidemiology of food-borne disease: a Minnesota perspective. Clin. Infect. Dis. 18:671-682.
11. Jerngklinchan, J., and K. Sartanu. 1993. The occurrence of salmonellae in bean sprouts in Thailand. Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health. 24:114-118.
12. O'Mahony, M., J. Cowden, B. Smyth, D. Lynch, M. Hall, B. Rowe, E. L. Teare, R. E. Tettmar, A. M. Rumpling, M. Coles, R. J. Gilbert, E. Kingcott, and C. L. R. Bartlett. 1990. An outbreak of Salmonella saint-paul infection associated with beansprouts. Epidemiol. Infect. 104:229-235.
13. Pönkä, A., Y. Andersson, A. Siitonen, B. de Jong, M. Jahkola, O. Haikapa, A. Kuhmooen, and P. Pakkala. 1995. Salmonella in alfalfa sprouts. Lancet 345:462.
14. Tauxe, R. V. 1991. Salmonella: a postmodern pathogen. J. Food Prot. 54: 563-568.
15. Wood, R. C., C. Hedberg, and K. White. 1991. A multistate outbreak of Salmonella javiana infections associated with raw tomatoes (abstract), p. 69. In CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service 40th Annual Conference. Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta.