Sources and contamination routes of microbial pathogens to fresh produce during field cultivation: A review

OO Alegbeleye, I Singleton, AS Sant'Ana - Food microbiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Foodborne illness resulting from the consumption of contaminated fresh produce is a
common phenomenon and has severe effects on human health together with severe …

Presence and Persistence of Salmonella in Water: The Impact on Microbial Quality of Water and Food Safety

H Liu, CA Whitehouse, B Li - Frontiers in Public Health, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Salmonella ranks high among the pathogens causing foodborne disease outbreaks.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Salmonella contributed to …

Identification and antimicrobial resistance prevalence of pathogenic Escherichia coli strains from treated wastewater effluents in Eastern Cape, South Africa

MA Adefisoye, AI Okoh - Microbiologyopen, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global problem impeding the effective
prevention/treatment of an ever‐growing array of infections caused by pathogens; a huge …

Ready-to-eat vegetables: Current problems and potential solutions to reduce microbial risk in the production chain

I Castro-Ibáñez, MI Gil, A Allende - LWT-food science and technology, 2017 - Elsevier
The popularity of the consumption of fresh ready-to-eat (RTE) products has increased
globally. Simultaneously, the number of outbreaks and cases of foodborne illness …

Effects of climate change on the persistence and dispersal of foodborne bacterial pathogens in the outdoor environment: A review

RS Hellberg, E Chu - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), warming of
the climate system is unequivocal. Over the coming century, warming trends such as …

The persistence of bacterial pathogens in surface water and its impact on global food safety

RL Bell, JA Kase, LM Harrison, KV Balan, U Babu… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Water is vital to agriculture. It is essential that the water used for the production of fresh
produce commodities be safe. Microbial pathogens are able to survive for extended periods …

Complex interactions between weather, and microbial and physicochemical water quality impact the likelihood of detecting foodborne pathogens in agricultural water

D Weller, N Brassill, C Rock, R Ivanek… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Agricultural water is an important source of foodborne pathogens on produce farms.
Managing water-associated risks does not lend itself to one-size-fits-all approaches due to …

Prevalence of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes in non-traditional irrigation waters in the Mid-Atlantic United States is affected by water type, season, and …

M Sharma, ET Handy, CL East, S Kim, C Jiang… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Irrigation water contaminated with Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes may
provide a route of contamination of raw or minimally processed fruits and vegetables. While …

A multicenter genomic epidemiological investigation in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico reveals the diversity and persistence of Salmonella populations in surface waters

Z Chen, AI Moreno-Switt, A Reyes-Jara… - Mbio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
This study examined the diversity and persistence of Salmonella in the surface waters of
agricultural regions of Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. Research groups (three in 2019–2020 and …

Landscape, water quality, and weather factors associated with an increased likelihood of foodborne pathogen contamination of New York streams used to source …

D Weller, A Belias, H Green, S Roof… - Frontiers in sustainable …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
There is a need for science-based tools to (i) help manage microbial produce safety hazards
associated with preharvest surface water use, and (ii) facilitate comanagement of …