Cross-contamination Risks in Dry Produce Packinghouses: Efficacy of Alcohol-based Sanitizers to Reduce Salmonella and Potential Surrogates on Relevant Surface Materials

A 2020 Salmonella outbreak was epidemiologically linked to red onions; however, insufficient cleaning and sanitation in the packinghouse expanded the recall to include all onions handled by the packing house in the preceding 3 months. Our objective was to evaluate the efficacy of dry sanitizers to r...

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Published in:	Journal of Food Protection
Main Authors:	Alexandra Nerney, Stuart Reitz, Jovana Kovacevic, Joy Waite-Cusic
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2025-02-01
Subjects:	Alcohol Cleaning and sanitation Dry sanitizer Onion Postharvest Produce safety
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362028X24002278