[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound and its combined application in the improvement of microbial and physicochemical quality of fruits and vegetables: A review

K Fan, J Wu, L Chen - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
The eating safety and high quality of fruits and vegetables have always been concerned by
consumers, so require a safe, non-toxic, environment-friendly technology for their …

Fresh-cut vegetables processing: environmental sustainability and food safety issues in a comprehensive perspective

A Raffo, F Paoletti - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The fresh-cut industry supplies the food market with healthy fresh fruit and vegetables and,
in that way, may contribute to improve the nutritional status of the general population. On the …

Food processing as a risk factor for antimicrobial resistance spread along the food chain

EA Oniciuc, E Likotrafiti, A Alvarez-Molina… - Current Opinion in Food …, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Resistance to antimicrobials is a determinant of persistence in food
industries.•Antibiotic resistance can arise by exposure to other antimicrobials (eg …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound applications in drying of fruits from a sustainable development goals perspective

FAN Fernandes, S Rodrigues - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the many contributions of ultrasound technologies for fruit drying
toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Along this review …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive study on decontamination of food-borne microorganisms by cold plasma

A Ansari, K Parmar, M Shah - Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Food-borne microorganisms are one of the biggest concern in food industry. Food-borne
microorganisms such as Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Vibrio …

Chlorine and ozone disinfection and disinfection byproducts in postharvest food processing facilities: A review

AMA Simpson, WA Mitch - Critical Reviews in Environmental …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The application of chemical disinfectants in postharvest food processing facilities is
important for the control of foodborne pathogen outbreaks. Similar to drinking water …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-contamination of Escherichia coli O157: H7 and Listeria monocytogenes in the viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state during washing of leafy greens …

P Truchado, M Gómez-Galindo, MI Gil, A Allende - Food Microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Some water disinfection treatments, such as chlorine and chlorine dioxide, used in the fresh-
cut industry to maintain the microbiological quality of process water (PW), inactivate bacterial …

Ultrasound processing alone or in combination with other chemical or physical treatments as a safety and quality preservation strategy of fresh and processed fruits …

I Nicolau-Lapeña, T Lafarga, I Viñas, M Abadias… - Food and Bioprocess …, 2019 - Springer
Ultrasound (US) processing has emerged as a novel food preservation technology. This
strategy has proved antimicrobial effects due to cavitation, which is the formation, growth …

[HTML][HTML] Use of aqueous ozone rinsing to improve the disinfection efficacy and shorten the processing time of ultrasound-assisted washing of fresh produce

Y Sun, Z Wu, Y Zhang, J Wang - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
In minimal processing industry, chlorine is widely used in the disinfection process and
ultrasound (US) increases the disinfection efficacy of chlorine and reduces the cross …

[HTML][HTML] Minimal processing of produce using a combination of UV-C irradiation and ultrasound-assisted washing

J Wang, Z Wu - LWT, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial contamination is the most significant risk associated with consuming minimally
processed fresh food products. The processing time of ultrasound (US)-assisted washing …