Joelle Mosso, Author at Western Growers Association Western Growers Association

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Salmonella in the Fresh Produce Industry

Understanding Salmonella In our first installment of “Meet the Pathogens” we focused on Listeria species. A genus of bacteria that frequently challenge the food industry with their ubiquitous nature (found almost everywhere) and capacity to grow in wet cold environments common in the food industry. While Listeria is often spoken about in the context of wet processing plants (though, it…

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Listeria in the Fresh Produce Industry – Expected Encounters

Why should I understand microbial hazards? In food safety, the first important step in designing/revising a food safety program is to take time to do an in-depth analysis of the hazards that a process or product may have. When it comes to microbial hazards, that means taking time to understand the organisms, learning their characteristics and trying to understand and predict their capacity…

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