Produce Handling and Processing Practices

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 459-465

  Beuchat, Larry R ^a   Ryu, Jee Hoon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE;

FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; FRUIT; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SANITATION; VEGETABLE;

CHLORINE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; FRUIT; HUMANS; SANITATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0031256038     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0304.970407     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Hedberg CW, MacDonald KL, Osterholm MT. Changing epidemiology of food-borne disease: a Minnesota perspective. Clin Infect Dis 1994;18:671-82.
2. United States Department of Agriculture. Vegetables and specialties/VGS-269/July. Fruits and tree nuts/FTS-278/October. Washington (DC): USDA Economic Research Service; 1996. p. 22,81.
3. Beuchat LR. Pathogenic microorganisms associated with fresh produce. Journal of Food Protection 1996;59:204-6.
4. Ercolani GL. Occurrence and persistence of culturable clostridial spores on the leaves of horticultural plants. Journal of Applied Microbiology 1997;82:137-40.
5. Beuchat LR. Listeria monocytogenes: incidence in vegetables. Food Control 1996;7:223-8.
6. Welshimer HJ. Survival of Listeria monocytogenes in soil. J Bacteriol 1960;80:316-20.
7. Welshimer HJ, Donker-Voet J. Listeria monocytogenes in nature. Appl Environ Microbiol 1971;21:516-9.
8. MacGowan AP, Bowker K, McLauchlin J, Bennett PM, Reeves DS. The occurrence and seasonal changes in the isolation of Listeria spp. in shop bought food stuffs, human feces, sewage and soil from urban sources. Int J Food Microbiol 1994;21:325-34.
9. Welshimer HJ. Isolation of Listeria monocytogenes from vegetation. J Bacteriol 1968;95:300-3.
10. Weiss J, Seeliger HPR. Incidence of Listeria monocytogenes in nature. Appl Microbiol 1975; 29:29-32.
11. Bagdasargan GA. Survival of viruses of the enterovirus group (poliomyelitis, ECHO, Coxsackie) in soil and on vegetables. Journal of Hygiene, Epidemiology, Microbiology and Immunology 1964;8:497-505.
12. Badaway AS, Gerba CP, Kelly LM. Survival of rotavirus SA-11 on vegetables. Food Microbiology 1985;2:199-205.
13. Watkins J, Sleath KP. Isolation and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes from sewage sludge and river water. J Appl Bacteriol 1981;50:1-9.
14. Al-Ghazali MR, Al-Azawi SK. Detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes in a sewage treatment plant in Iraq. J Appl Bacteriol 1986;60:251-4.
15. Rudolfs W, Falk LL, Ragotzkie RA. Contamination of vegetables grown in polluted soil. III. Field studies on Ascaris eggs. Sewage and Industrial Waste 1951;23:656-60.
16. Rudolfs W, Falk LL, Ragotzkie RA. Contamination of vegetables grown in polluted soil. II. Field and water studies on Endamoeba cysts. Sewage and Industrial Waste 1951;23:478-85.
17. Wang G, Zhao R, Doyle MP. Fate of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in bovine feces. Appl Environ Microbiol 1996;62:2567-70.
18. Dunlop SG, Wang W-LL. Studies on the use of sewage effluent for irrigation of truck crops. Journal of Food Protection 1961;24:44-7.
19. Barbier D, Perrine D, Duhamel C, Doublet R, Georges P. Parasitic hazard with sewage sludge applied to land. Appl Environ Microbiol 1990;56:1420-2.
20. Millard PG, Gensheimer KF, Addiss DG, Sosin DM, Beckett GA, Houck-Jankoski A, Hudson A. An outbreak of cryptosporidiosis from fresh-pressed apple cider. JAMA 1994;272:1592-6.
21. Luechtefeld N, Blaser M, Reller L, Wang W. Isolation of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni from migratory wildfowl. J Clin Microbiol 1980;12:406-8.
22. Quessy S, Messier S. Campylobacter spp. and Listeria spp. in ring-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis). J Wildl Dis 1992;28:526-1.
23. Jones F, Smith P, Watson DC. Pollution of a water supply catchment by breeding gulls and the potential environmental health implications. Journal of the Institute of Water and Engineering Science 1978;32:469-82.
24. Lee JV, Basford D, Donovan T, Furniss A, West D. The incidence of Vibrio cholerae in water, animals and birds in Kent, England. J Appl Bacteriol 1982;52:281-91.
25. Fenlow DR. Wild birds and silage as reservoirs of Listeria in the agricultural environment. J Appl Bacteriol 1985;59:537-44.
26. Wallace JS, Cheasty T, Jones K. Isolation of Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 from wild birds. J Appl Microbiol 1997;82:399-404.
27. Barmore CR. Chlorine - are there alternatives? Cutting Edge 1995; Spr 1995; 4-5.
28. Cords BR, Dychdala GR. Sanitizers: halogens, surface-active agents and peroxides. In: Davidson PM, Branen AL, editors. Antimicrobials in Foods. 2nd ed. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.; 1993. p. 469-537.
29. Eckert JW, Ogawa JM. The chemical control of postharvest diseases: deciduous fruits, berries, vegetables and root/tubers crops. Annu Rev Phytopathol 1988;26:433-63.
30. Mazollier J. Ivè gamme. Lavage-desinfection des salades. Infros-Crifl 1988;41:19.
31. Adams MR, Hartley AD, Cox LJ. Factors affecting the efficiency of washing procedures used in the production of prepared salads. Food Microbiology 1989;6:69-77.
32. Brackett RE. Antimicrobial effect of chlorine on Listeria monocytogenes. Journal of Food Protection 1987;50:999-1003.
33. Nguyen-the C, Carlin F. The microbiology of minimally processed fresh fruits and vegetables. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 1994;34:371-401.
34. Zhuang R-Y, Beuchat LR, Angulo FJ. Fate of Salmonella montevideo on and in raw tomatoes as affected by temperature and treatment with chlorine. Appl Environ Microbiol 1995;61:2127-31.
35. Wei CI, Huang TS, Kim JM, Lin WF, Tamplin ML, Bartz JA. Growth and survival of Salmonella montevideo on tomatoes and disinfection with chlorinated water. Journal of Food Protection 1995;58:829-36.
36. Jaquette CB, Beuchat LR, Mahon BE. 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. Appl Environ Microbiol 1996;62:2212-5.
37. Lund BM. Bacterial spoilage. In: Dennis C, editor. Post-harvest pathology of fruits and vegetables. London: Academic Press; 1983. p. 219.
38. Zhang S, Farber JM. The effects of various disinfectants against Listeria monocytogenes on fresh-cut vegetables. Food Microbiology 1996;13:311-21.