Food Safety Happens in a Vacuum: System sprays down, sucks up sterile liquid to get pathogens off food surfaces

摘要

Over the past couple of decades, many millions of dollars and countless man-hours have been invested in the ever-growing war against foodborne illness. Learning the intricacies of every pathogen down to the mitochondria and beyond, studying the makeupof a biofilm, inventing a new intervention or vaccine to reduce pathogens on hides, expending extra effort to ensure the blades of a deli sheer are clean after the lunch rush, and millions more individual actions all contribute to the battle against theunseen, persistent enemies of health and food safety.Knowledge, understanding, hard work, and the tools of the trade are all weapons that, when combined and applied effectively, can result in food safety for billions of people around the world.