Retailers Can't Duck Food Safety Issues when Pushing Growers to Re-use Crates

摘要

A third, more extensive testing of plastic crates used to ship fresh produce throughout Canada shows some handling improvements but still found sanitary issues such as high total aerobic and yeast and mould counts, and the presence of E. coli. Studies demonstrating inconsistent washing practices and biofilms surviving common industry cleaning methods had earlier led food scientists to claim that re-using crates for produce was "a recipe for disaster," and that the live bacteria observed on them was "like a smoking gun."