A review of recent trends in the development of the microbial safety of fruits and vegetables

摘要

Background: Increasing living standards and improvement of purchase empowerment has led to consume packed and ready made fruits and vegetables. Also awareness of the health properties of fresh fruits and vegetables in preventing many cancers and cardiovascular dysfunction and their high nutritional value lead to increase of this demands. From the other side the expansion of urbanization and modern life, and the lack of enough time to supply personally the necessary daily fruits and vegetables, could be extra reasons for these increasing demands over the past three decades. But at the same time, the prevalence of food-borne diseases associated with fresh vegetables and also abuse of fertilizers and pesticides should be noticed properly.