Antimicrobials Target Pathogens On Fruits And Vegetables
Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 09:35
in Health & Medicine
A novel food safety treatment could become an asset to the fast-growing fresh-cut produce industry. The antimicrobial treatment involves the use of submicroscopic agents that are unable to reproduce or grow outside bacterial host cells. The purified viral agents are called bacteriophages, which means "bacteria eater," and they can wreak havoc on deadly bacteria, such as E. coli O157:H7, that sicken consumers.