Simulation of cross contamination and decontamination of Campylobacter jejuni during handling of contaminated raw vegetables in a domestic kitchen

• Main Authors: Chai, Lay-Ching, Lee, Hai-Yen, Mohd Ghazali, Farinazleen, Abu Bakar, Fatimah, Malakar, Pradeep Kumar, Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki, Nakaguchi, Yoshitsugu, Radu, Son
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: International Association for Food Protection 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16722/1/Simulation%20of%20cross%20contamination%20and%20decontamination%20of%20Campylobacter%20jejuni%20during%20handling%20of%20contaminated%20raw%20vegetables%20in%20a%20domestic%20kitchen.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16722/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19244897
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Campylobacter jejuni was found to occur at high prevalence in the raw salad vegetables examined. Previous reports describe cross-contamination involving meat; here we investigated the occurrence of cross-contamination and decontamination events in the domestic kitchen via C. jejuni-contaminated vege...