Biofilms are microbial aggregation membranes that are formed when microorganisms attach
to the surfaces of living or nonliving things. Importantly, biofilm properties provide …

Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a common pathogen that causes diarrhea in humans and
animals. In particular, E. coli can easily form biofilm on the surface of living or non-living …

The regeneration of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) is of critical importance because of
the severe shortage of FFRs during large-scale outbreaks of respiratory epidemics, such as …

Wheat grain was treated with superheated steam (SS) for microbial decontamination
purpose at various steam temperature (110–200° C), processing time (10–80 s) and …

As a result of the rapidly growing global population and limited agricultural area, sufficient
supply of cereals for food and animal feed has become increasingly challenging …

This study investigated the effect of material types (polystyrene, polypropylene, glass, and
stainless steel) and glucose addition on Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation, and the …

Sanitation in dry food processing environments is challenging due to the exclusion of water.
Superheated steam (SHS) is a novel sanitation technique that utilizes high temperature …

Biofilms are immobile communities of micro‐organisms attached to any surface, such as
stainless steel or a food matrix surface or on packaging material. They may be composed of …

This study investigated the impact of environmental and superheated steam treatment
parameters on relative humidity (RH) changes using psychrometric and computational fluid …

Previous foodborne listeriosis outbreaks and recalls of fresh produce have been linked to
cross-contamination with food contact surfaces (FCS) of packing equipment. Thus, effective …