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ArticleEFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority2023

Microbiological hazards associated with the use of water in the post-harvest handling and processing operations of fresh and frozen fruits, vegetables and herbs (ffFVHs). Part 1 (outbreak data analysis, literature review and stakeholder questionnaire).

EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ), Konstantinos Koutsoumanis, Avelino Alvarez Ordóñez, Declan Bolton, Sara Bover-Cid, Marianne Chemaly, Alessandra De Cesare, Lieve Herman, Friederike Hilbert, Roland Lindqvist and 15 more

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Article in EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ)
Konstantinos Koutsoumanis
Avelino Alvarez Ordóñez
Declan Bolton
Sara Bover-Cid
Marianne Chemaly
Alessandra De Cesare
Lieve Herman
Friederike Hilbert
Roland Lindqvist
Maarten Nauta
Romolo Nonno
Luisa Peixe
Giuseppe Ru
Marion Simmons
Panagiotis Skandamis
Elisabetta Suffredini
Jen Banach
Jakob Ottoson
Bin Zhou
Maria Teresa da Silva Felício
Liesbeth Jacxsens
Joana Lourenço Martins
Winy Messens
Ana Allende

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The contamination of water used in post-harvest handling and processing operations of fresh and frozen fruit, vegetables and herbs (ffFVHs) is a global concern. The most relevant microbial hazards associated with this water are:

Indexed as

chlorinecontaminationfruitherbindustrial settingoperational monitoringperacetic acidprocessing operationprocess watervalidationvegetableverificationwashingwash waterwater disinfection treatmentwater managementwater qualitywater replenishmentwater safety

Identifiers

PMID37928944
PMCPMC10623241
OpenAlexW4388297480

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