Comparison of Water‐Assisted Decontamination Systems of Pulsed Light and Ultraviolet for Salmonella Inactivation on Blueberry, Tomato, and Lettuce

Fresh produce are vulnerable to pathogens during pre‐ and postharvest stages. Most fresh vegetable and fruits are consumed directly or merely washed with chlorine. We investigated two emerging decontamination technologies, pulse light (PL) and ultraviolet (UV), in combination with washing (referred as water‐assisted PL [WPL] and water‐assisted UV [WUV]). Blueberries, grape tomatoes, and iceberg lettuce shreds were tested in this study to...