Wild birds pose a difficult food safety risk to manage because they can avoid traditional
wildlife mitigation strategies, such as fences. Birds often use agricultural fields and structures …

Developing effective and sensitive detection methods for antimicrobial resistant Salmonella
enterica from surface water is a goal of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring …

Pathogenic bacterial infections caused by water quality degradation are one of the most
widespread environmental problems. Clarifying the structure of pathogens and their …

Soil can be a route for contamination of fresh fruits and vegetables. While growers routinely
manage soil nutrient levels, little research exists on the synergistic or antagonistic effects of …

The heterogeneity of produce production environments complicates the development of
universal strategies for managing preharvest produce safety risks. Understanding pathogen …

This study characterized the effect of distance from beef cattle feedlots, environmental
factors, and climate on the occurrence of airborne bacterial indicators and pathogens. Three …

The genetic diversity of 169 Salmonella isolates from pistachios collected from California
storage silos during the 2010, 2011, and 2012 harvests (silo survey isolates) was …

Aggregative boot cover sampling may be a more representative, practical, and powerful
method for preharvest produce soil testing than grab sampling because boot covers …

Karst aquifers provide a significant source of drinking water around the world; however, they
are prone to bacterial contamination. We investigated the prevalence, serotypes, and …

Salmonella enterica serotype Oranienburg is a multi-host, ubiquitous, and prevalent Non-
typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) in subtropical rivers, particularly in sediments; little studied so …