Priming with nano-aerosolized water and sequential dip-washing with hydrogen peroxide: An efficient sanitization method to inactivate Salmonella Typhimurium LT2 on spinach

摘要: Abstract This work investigates the efficacy of a combined sanitization approach involving pretreatment nano-aerosolized water followed by H2O2 dip-washing against Salmonella Typhimurium LT2 on spinach. The addition step utilizing for 5 min significantly increased efficacy: number surviving bacteria was 5.2 ± 0.8 CFU/g, 4.7 ± 0.2 CFU/g, and 1.1 ± 1.1 CFU/g only, spraying treatment, respectively. enhanced treatment attributed to ability reach fill crevices that tended form micro airpockets with liquid (bulk) sanitizer. Overall, these findings may suggest short priming be incorporated in traditional approaches enhance their effectiveness.