On farm contamination of horticultural products in the USA and strategies for decontamination

Food Australia

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 580-582

  Knabel, Stephen J ^a   Fatemi, Peyman ^a   Patton, John ^a   Laborde, Luke F ^a   Annous, Bassam ^b   Sapers, Gerald M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORTICULTURE PRODUCTS; SPOILAGE MICROORGANISMS;

BIOFILMS; CONTAMINATION; FRUITS; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; MICROORGANISMS; MORPHOLOGY;

FARMS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0346874069     PISSN: 10325298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. Annous, BA, Sapers, GM, Mattrazzo, AM & Riordan, DCR. 2001. Efficacy of washing with a commercial flatbed brush washer, using conventional and experimental washing agents, in reducing populations of Escherichia coli on artificially inoculated apples. J. Food Prot. 64: 159-163.
2. Beuchat, LR. 1998. Surface decontamination of fruits and vegetables eaten raw: a review. Food Safety Unit, World Health Organization. WHO/FSF/98.2.
3. Buchanan, RL, Edelson, SG, Miller, RL & Sapers, GM. 1999. Contamination of intact apples after immersion in an aqueous environment containing Escherichia coli O157:H7. J. Food Prot. 62: 444-50.