Conventional curing practices reduce generic Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. on dry bulb onions produced with contaminated irrigation water.

This study demonstrates conventional curing practices as an effective mitigation strategy for dry bulb onions produced with water of poor microbiological quality. PMID: 26678128 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26678128?dopt=Abstract

Source: Food Microbiology - December 19, 2015 Category: Food Science Authors: Emch AW, Waite-Cusic JG Tags: Food Microbiol Source Type: research