[HTML][HTML] A Systematic Review of Listeria Species and Listeria monocytogenes Prevalence, Persistence, and Diversity throughout the Fresh Produce Supply Chain

A Townsend, LK Strawn, BJ Chapman, LL Dunn - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Listeria monocytogenes is an increasing food safety concern throughout the produce supply
chain as it has been linked to produce associated outbreaks and recalls. To our knowledge …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profiles of foodborne pathogens isolated from dairy cattle and poultry manure amended farms in northeastern Ohio …

W Hailu, YA Helmy, G Carney-Knisely, M Kauffman… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Foodborne pathogens significantly impact public health globally. Excessive antimicrobial
use plays a significant role in the development of the public health crisis of antibiotic …

Reservoirs of Listeria species in three environmental ecosystems

K Linke, I Rückerl, K Brugger… - Applied and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Soil and water are suggested to represent pivotal niches for the transmission of Listeria
monocytogenes to plant material, animals, and the food chain. In the present study, 467 soil …

[HTML][HTML] Lessons learned from a decade of investigations of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli outbreaks linked to leafy greens, United States and Canada

KE Marshall, A Hexemer, SL Seelman… - Emerging Infectious …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) cause substantial and costly illnesses. Leafy
greens are the second most common source of foodborne STEC O157 outbreaks. We …

Reviving the “Moore swab”: a classic environmental surveillance tool involving filtration of flowing surface water and sewage water to recover typhoidal Salmonella …

MJ Sikorski, MM Levine - Applied and Environmental …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The “Moore swab” is a classic environmental surveillance tool whereby a gauze pad tied
with string is suspended in flowing water or wastewater contaminated with human feces and …

[HTML][HTML] Complex interactions between weather, and microbial and physicochemical water quality impact the likelihood of detecting foodborne pathogens in …

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 …

The prevalence and antimicrobial resistance phenotypes of Salmonella, Escherichia coli and Enterococcus sp. in surface water

S Cho, CR Jackson, JG Frye - Letters in Applied Microbiology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Surface water is prone to bacterial contamination as it receives wastes and pollutants from
human and animal sources, and contaminated water may expose local populations to health …

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

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 …

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

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 …