The growing season, but not the farming system, is a food safety risk determinant for leafy greens in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2395-2407

  Marine, Sasha C ^a   Pagadala, Sivaranjani ^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   Micallef, Shirley A ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SALMONELLA; SEDIMENTS; WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; BACTERIAL INDICATORS; INDICATOR BACTERIA; IRRIGATION WATERS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; TOTAL COLIFORMS;

FOOD SAFETY;

CROP DAMAGE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FOOD SAFETY; GROWING SEASON; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC FARMING; PATHOGEN;

MID-ATLANTIC STATES; UNITED STATES;

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

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIAL LOAD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOOD SAFETY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEASON; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIAL LOAD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOOD SAFETY; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEASONS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84925379525     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00051-15     Document Type: Article

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