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 …

Interviews were conducted with the owners of three organic lettuce farms in the state of Rio
Grande do Sul in southern Brazil using a standardized self-assessment questionnaire to …

Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram positive facultative anaerobic microorganism that causes
listeriosis in both animals and humans. The main route of infection has been identified to be …

Objective: The study was aimed to analyze the microbiological quality of mixed vegetable
salads and to understand the risk related with its consumption from different restaurants …

The antimicrobial activity of natural antimicrobials (fruit extracts, essential oils and derivates),
was assessed against six bacteria species (E. coli O157: H7, L. monocytogenes, S …

Plant-based foods like lettuce are an important part of the human diet and worldwide
industry. On a global scale, the number of food-associated illnesses increased in the last …

Vegetables constitute a major part of our daily meal and meet the requirements of nutrients,
vitamin and minerals. Although vegetables generally contain a load of 103 to 105 …

Abstract The Listerial flora and Listeria monocytogenes bio-load associated with 411 ready-
to-eat (RTE) foods sold at several locations in southern Nigeria was evaluated using …

The involvement of leachate from open solid waste dumps in the contamination of ground
water with heavy metals and pathogenic bacteria in Awka Nigeria was investigated …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (4%). From the results of the study, bacterial contamination of
cabbage grown at the Korle-Bu vegetable garden and the Agbogbloshie market were all …