Journal Articles
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Journal
Frontiers in Microbiology
Abstract
In the United States, the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables has increased during recent years as consumers seek to make healthier lifestyle choices. However, the number of outbreaks associated with fresh produce that involve cases in more than one state (multistate) has increased concomitantly. As the distance along the farm-to-fork continuum has lengthened over time, there are also more opportunities for fresh produce contamination with bacterial pathogens before it reaches the consumer. This review provides an overview of the three bacterial pathogens (i.e., pathogenic
Keywords
E. coli, L. monocytogenes, S. enterica, diarrheal disease, foodborne outbreaks, multistate, produce