Effective Postharvest Interventions
- Irradiation
- Gamma: elimination of Salmonella from alfalfa sprouts grown from naturally contaminated seed (0.5 kGy), and > 5 log reduction of Salmonella and generic E. coli from radish and mung bean sprouts (1.5 to 2.0 kGy); no detrimental effects on quality
- Rajkowski and Thayer. 2000. J. Food Prot. 63: 871-875; Bari et al. 2004. J. Food Prot. 67: 2263-2268.
- Electron beam (beta) elimination (6 logs) of L. monocytogenes from inoculated alfalfa sprouts (3.3 kGy). No change in appearance or odor.
- Schoeller et al. 2002. J. Food Prot. 65: 1259-1266
- Note: Regulatory approvals required