Assessment of region, farming system, irrigation source and sampling time as food safety risk factors for tomatoes

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 196, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-108

  Pagadala, Sivaranjani ^a   Marine, Sasha C ^a   Micallef, Shirley A ^a   Wang, Fei ^a   Pahl, Donna M ^a   Melendez, Meredith V ^b   Kline, Wesley L ^c   Oni, Ruth A ^a   Walsh, Christopher S ^a   Everts, Kathryne L ^a,d   Buchanan, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conventional and organic; Food safety; Fresh market tomatoes; Irrigation water; Mid Atlantic; Pre harvest contamination

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; LAKE WATER; SHIGA TOXIN; SURFACE WATER; FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPOST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD SAFETY; FRUIT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MULCH; NONHUMAN; POND; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOIL; TOMATO; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY; AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SAFETY; FRESH WATER; FRUIT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84919682816     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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