Pulsed UV as a potential surface sanitizer in food production processes to ensure consumer safety

The incidence of foodborne illness is increasing globally in an age where antibiotic resistance has become the mainstay for many pathogenic species with potentially fatal consequences for the consumer. Fresh food, including industrial-fabricated ready-to-eat produce, is frequently reported as a leading source of foodborne outbreaks. There is a pressing need to develop alternative or complementary non-thermal technologies for food-surface...