T1 Technical Session 1 - Produce

Monday, July 23, 2012: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Room 553 (Rhode Island Convention Center)
Convenors: Annemarie Buchholz and Jeffrey LeJeune

Presentations

8:30 AM
The Role of Aggregative Fimbriae and Cellulose in the Persistence of Salmonella Typhimurium on Tomatoes
Marianne Fatica, University of Florida; Max Teplitski, University of Florida; Keith Schneider, University of Florida
8:45 AM
Influence of Soil Type, Nitrogen Application and Microbial Community Composition on Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 under Organic and Conventional Spinach Production
Eduardo Gutierrez-Rodriguez, University of California-Davis; Johan Six, University of California; Kate Scow, University of California-Davis; Trevor Suslow, University of California-Davis
9:00 AM
Airborne Soil Particulates as Vehicles for Salmonella Contamination in Tomatoes
Govindaraj Dev Kumar, University of Arizona; Robert Williams, Virginia Tech; Renee Boyer, Virginia Tech; Joseph Eifert, Virginia Tech; Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Virginia Tech
9:15 AM
Influence of Soil Particles on the Survival of Salmonella on Plastic Tomato Harvest Containers
John Cotter, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Joey Talbert, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Julie Goddard, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Wesley Autio, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Lynne McLandsborough, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
9:30 AM
Influence of Poultry Litter and Dairy Manure on Persistence of Non-pathogenic Escherichia coli and E. coli O157:H7 Applied to Fields
Kelly Jones, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Fawzy Hashem, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Corrie Cotton, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Cheryl Roberts, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS; Manan Sharma, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS; Patricia Millner, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS
9:45 AM
Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Crop Soil by Amending with Fast and Slow Pyrolysis-generated Biochars
Joshua Gurtler, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS; Akwasi Boateng, USDA, ARS; David Douds, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS
10:00 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Effects of Temperature Differential and Immersion Time on Internalization of Salmonella Newport in Tomatoes
Yaguang Luo, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS; Bin Zhou, University of Maryland; Yang Yang, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS; Yunpeng Wu, University of Maryland; Yitzy Paul, University of Maryland; Xiangwu Nou, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS; Qin Wang, University of Maryland
10:45 AM
Impact of Organic Load on Escherichia coli O157:H7 Survival during Pilot-scale Processing of Iceberg Lettuce with Acidified Sodium Hypochlorite
Gordon Davidson, Michigan State University; Chelsea Kaminski, Michigan State University; Lin Ren, Michigan State University; Elliot Ryser, Michigan State University
11:00 AM
Impact of Roller Type on Salmonella Transfer during Simulated Commercial Conveyance of Tomatoes
Haiqiang Wang, Michigan State University; Lin Ren, Michigan State Univeristy; Elliot Ryser, Michigan State University
11:15 AM
Enhanced Inactivation of Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Pseudomonas Biofilms Using Fresh Produce Washing Aid, T-128, on Cantaloupe Rinds with Chlorinated Wash Solutions
Cangliang Shen, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS; Yaguang Luo, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS; Xiangwu Nou, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS; Qin Wang, University of Maryland; Patricia Millner, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS
11:30 AM
Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica on Strawberries by Sanitizing Solutions
Joshua Gurtler, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS; Rebecca Bailey, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS; Tony Jin, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS
11:45 AM
Sanitizer Efficacy against Salmonella during Simulated Commercial Packing of Tomatoes
Haiqiang Wang, Michigan State University; Elliot Ryser, Michigan State University