Validation of fresh apple packing food safety interventions
Author: Karen Killinger, Ph.D., Richard Dougherty, Ph.D.
Published: 2011
Summary: The objectives of this project were: 1) Perform laboratory validation studies to examine foodborne pathogen and indicator organism reduction by antimicrobial treatments currently used in the apple packing industry 2) Validate antimicrobial interventions under industrial packing line conditions using indicator organisms 3) Conduct appropriate food safety extension outreach with the apple packing industry
