A review of recent trends in the development of the microbial safety of fruits and vegetables

M Mostafidi, MR Sanjabi, F Shirkhan… - Trends in Food Science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Increasing living standards and improvement of purchase empowerment has
led to consume packed and ready made fruits and vegetables. Also awareness of the health …

Ozone as a novel emerging technology for the dissipation of pesticide residues in foods–a review

R Pandiselvam, R Kaavya, Y Jayanath… - Trends in Food Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Consumption of fruits and vegetables is an indispensable component of human
dietary preference, however; it is unfortunate that the enormous pesticide residues remain in …

[HTML][HTML] A review into the effectiveness of ozone technology for improving the safety and preserving the quality of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables

R Botondi, M Barone, C Grasso - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, consumers have become increasingly aware of the nutritional benefits
brought by the regular consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables, which reduces the risk of …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in non-thermal processing technologies for enhancing shelf life and improving food safety

FM Allai, ZRAA Azad, NA Mir, K Gul - Applied Food Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Emerging non-thermal technologies for enhancing shelf life and food safety have
revolutionized the food processing sector. Adopting different non-thermal techniques like …

Microbial spoilage of fruits: A review on causes and prevention methods

P Zhao, JP Ndayambaje, X Liu, X Xia - Food Reviews International, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Fruits production and consumption are generally increasing because of consumers'
awareness of healthy nutrition. Fruit quality and safety are both important since fruits are …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances on postharvest technologies of bell pepper: A review

QO Tiamiyu, SE Adebayo, N Ibrahim - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is a commercially important horticultural crop grown
in tropical and sub-tropical areas across the world. Despite this importance, it is a perishable …

Impact of ozonation process on the microbiological and antioxidant status of raspberry (Rubus ideaeus L.) fruit during storage at room temperature

T Piechowiak, P Antos, P Kosowski, K Skrobacz… - Agricultural and Food …, 2019 - journal.fi
In this study the effect of the ozonation procedure on the microbiological and antioxidant
status of raspberries stored at room temperature was investigated. During the study, it was …

Changes in phenolic compounds profile and glutathione status in raspberry fruit during storage in ozone-enriched atmosphere

T Piechowiak, K Grzelak-Błaszczyk, M Sójka… - Postharvest Biology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ozone treatment of on the phenolic
compounds profile and glutathione metabolism in raspberry fruit. Raspberry fruit was stored …

[HTML][HTML] Food safety in local farming of fruits and vegetables

A Macieira, J Barbosa, P Teixeira - International Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The world's population will be around 9 billion people by 2050. Humans need to feed in
order to survive and thus the high demographic growth may impact the sustainability of our …

Microbial and parasitic contamination of vegetables in developing countries and their food safety guidelines

R Osafo, GI Balali, PK Amissah-Reynolds… - Journal of Food …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The safety of humans is of paramount importance in the vegetable production chain.
Evidence of microbial and parasitic contamination of these products poses a great threat to …