Beneficial Bacteria Help Control Produce Pathogen
Friday, June 6, 2008 - 13:14
in Health & Medicine
A new food safety treatment could increase the effectiveness of conventional produce sanitization methods. Microbiologists developed and tested the method, which pits beneficial bacteria against potentially harmful ones. The beneficial bacteria inhibit the growth of pathogens that survive initial physical or chemical attempts to remove them from fresh produce. Produce pathogens are a prominent source of food-borne illness in the United States.