Foodborne pathogens

Al-Khaldi, S. F. Martin, S. A. Rasooly, A. Evans, J. D. DNA microarray technology used for studying foodborne pathogens and microbial habitats Minireview. J. AOAC Int. 2002,85, 906-910. 

Varnam, A. H. Evans, M. G. Foodborne Pathogens An Illustrated Text. Chicago Mosby Year Book, 1991. 

The majority of studies that have tried to find an association between the cattle breed and the occurrence of foodborne pathogens have found a lack of correlation between these factors. Miyao et al. (1998) found no difference in the number of 0157-positive cattle in Japanese Black and Holstein cows. In a study conducted in Denmark, the prevalence of E. coli 0157 H7 did not... 

Islam M, Morgan J, Doyle M P, Phatak, S C, Millner P and Jiang X (2004a), Persistence of Salmonella enterica Serovar typhimurium on lettuce and parsley and in soils which they were grown in fields treated with contaminated manure composts on irrigation water , Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 1 (1), 27-35. 

United States Food Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety Applied Nutrition. Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook. January 30, 2003. http //www.cfsan.fda.gov/ mow/preface.html. April 18,2005. 

Ilic, S., Odomeru, J., and Lejeune, J. T. (2008). Coliforms and prevalence of Escherichia coli and foodborne pathogens on minimally processed spinach in two packing plants. ]. Food Prot 71, 2398-2403. 

Bhunia, A. K., and Wampler, J. L. (2005). Animal and cell culture models for foodborne bacterial pathogens. In "Foodborne Pathogens Microbiology and Molecular Biology" (P. Fratamico, A. K. Bhunia, and J. L. Smith, eds.), pp. 15-32. Caister Academic Press, Norfolk. 

Bhunia, A. K., Banada, P. P., Banerjee, P., Valadez, A., and Hirleman, E. D. (2007). Light scattering, fiber optic and cell-based sensors for sensitive detection of foodborne pathogens. J. Rapid Methods Automat. Microbiol. 15,121-145. 

Geng, T., and Bhunia, A. K. (2007). Optical biosensors in foodborne pathogen detection. In "Smart Biosensor Technology" (G. K. Knopf and A. S. Bassi, eds.), pp. 503-519. Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, Florida. 

Koubova, V., Brynda, E., Karasova, L., Skvor, J., Homola, J., Dostalek, J., Tobiska, P., and Rosicky, J. (2001). Detection of foodborne pathogens using surface plasmon resonance biosensors. Sens. Actuators B Chem. 74,100-105. 

Cultured dairy foods seldom cause foodborne illness in the consumer. If an active starter culture is used, common foodborne pathogens, even if present in the milk, do not grow well and often are inactivated during the fermentation or early during the storage life of the product. Even if some cultured products are recontaminated after manufacture, pathogens generally do not survive well. Several examples will illustrate these points. 

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