Ready-to-eat vegetables production with low-level water chlorination: an evaluation of water quality and of its impact on end products

INTRODUCTION: We evaluated the microbiological impact of low-level chlorination (1 ppm free chlorine) on the production of ready-to-eat (RTE) vegetables by monitoring the microbiological quality of irrigation and processing water in two production plants over a 4-season period, as well as the microb...

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Main Authors: Francesca D'Acunzo, Angela Del Cimmuto, Lucia Marinelli, Caterina Aurigemma, Maria De Giusti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2012-06-01
Series:Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712012000200008&lng=en&tlng=en