Foodborne disease outbreaks associated with fresh produce irrigated with contaminated water are a constant threat to consumer health. In this study, the impact of irrigation water on product safety from different food ...

Diarrheagenic E. coli (DEC) has been implicated in foodborne outbreaks worldwide and have been associated with childhood stunting in the absence of diarrhoea. Infection is extraordinarily common, but the routes of transmission ...

In recent decades, the demand for ready‐to‐eat (RTE) food items prepared by the food catering sector has increased together with the value of cook‐serve, cook‐chill, and cook‐freeze food products. The technologies by which ...

Foodborne pathogens are a major cause of concern as they are responsible for food spoilage or microbial diseases, leading to economic loss to the food industry as well as health issues. The problem of increased resistance ...

Access to large sources of quality water for irrigation is fundamental to the hygienic cultivation of fresh produce. However, due to factors such as contamination of water bodies, access to clean uncontaminated water is ...

Whole genome sequencing (WGS) enables complete characterization of bacterial pathogenic isolates at single nucleotide resolution, making it the ultimate tool for routine surveillance and outbreak investigation. The lack ...