Between 2000 and 2005, 717 samples of three types of salads were analysed for Listeria monocytogenes in Santiago, Chile in order to provide information to Chilean health authorities on the presence of the pathogen in vegetable salad samples and to ascertain the risk of these products for consumers. L. monocytogenes isolates were found in 88 out of 347 (25.4%) samples of frozen vegetable salads ...

Uncertainty persists concerning the role of ready-to-eat (RTE) salad as a bacterial reservoir. The attention paid to food safety by international agencies and regulations has not improved despite technological advancements, RTE salad’s microbiological quality still seems challenging. present study’s objective was detect any microorganism in salads sold supermarkets Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, interpr...

Ready-to-eat (RTE) foods including vegetable salads are one of the most preferable sold and served in resturants Kirkuk city-Iraq. Foodborne diseases endure a major problem developing countries because lacking personal hygiene food safety measurements. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) nanomaterials crucial fascinating involved various fields control pathogenic bacteria like foodborne pathogens. The...

Street sold foods are a source of inexpensive, nutritious food for many people living both in the urban and rural areas. It is also major income people, particularly women by providing self-employment opportunity to develop business skills with low capital investment. However, ready-to-eat contamination can transmit food-borne diseases through those handling salads. Therefore, quantitative cros...

Fresh vegetables normally carry natural non-pathogenic epiphytic microorganisms, but during growth, harvest, transportation and further handling the produce can be contaminated with pathogens from animal and human sources. As most of these produce are eating without further processing, their microbial content may represent a risk factor for the consumer’s health and therefore a food safety prob...

There is a clear need for new approaches in the field of microbial community analyses, since the methods used can be severely biased. We have developed a DNA array-based method that targets 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA), enabling the direct detection and quantification of microorganisms from complex communities without cultivation. The approach is based on the construction of specific probes from th...