Food soil stuck to surfaces can hold bacteria in food processing factories

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 11:42 in Biology & Nature

Tiny amounts of food soil stuck to surfaces can act as a reservoir for potentially pathogenic bacteria. This food may help bacteria to survive industrial cleaning regimes in food processing factories, scientists heard today (Wednesday 10 September 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin...

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