The Role of Manure and Compost in Produce Safety

Microbial Safety of Fresh Produce

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 143-166

  Jiang, Xiuping ^a   Shepherd, Marion ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composting converting agricultural wastes into organic fertilizers; Education on safe use of raw manure and compost; Enteric pathogens in preharvest environment; Fresh produce outbreaks and fecal produce contamination; Fruits and vegetables ready to eat (RTE) food minimal or no terminal treatments; Human pathogens Esherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella spp., and Listeria monocytogenes; Human pathogens associated with animal wastes; Manure and compost role in produce safety; Soil temperature on enteric pathogen persistence; USDA National Organic Program (NOP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889622860     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444319347.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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