Effect of high voltage atmospheric cold plasma on inactivation of Listeria innocua on Queso Fresco cheese, cheese model and tryptic soy agar

Conventional and non-conventional disinfection methods to prevent microbial contamination in minimally processed fruits and vegetables

“…The effectiveness of cold plasma as a novel processing technology to eliminate food pathogens and contaminants has been extensively studied. A 5 log reduction of a microbial population has been reported with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, E. coli, Listeria innocua, and S. aureus on media exposed to cold plasma treatment ( Kawamura et al, 2012 ; Wan et al, 2019 ; Xu et al, 2017 ; Ziuzina et al, 2013 ). Cold plasma is a suitable processing alternative for decontaminating food products sensitive to thermal processes, such as MPFV.…”

Symposium review: Recent advances in dairy food safety research: An overview of the National Dairy Council Listeria Consortium, industry identification, and funding of research gaps

“…To date, 11 research projects have been funded by the IC Listeria Research Consortium (Table 1). From these projects, several articles have been published (Brown et al, 2018;Kozak et al, 2018a,b;Wan et al, 2019) or are pending publication in the peer-reviewed literature. This work has identified several promising approaches that reduced Listeria in proof-of-principle studies and has led to the funding of extensions or additional projects that will help drive commercialization and adoption.…”

Cytotoxicity assessment of Aflatoxin B1 after high voltage atmospheric cold plasma treatment

“…Previous studies showed HVACP efficacy to reduce the microbial load without affecting the quality; therefore increase the shelf-life of treated products (McClurkin et al, 2020;Misra et al, 2014;Wan et al, 2019). For aflatoxins, at 40% relative humidity, HVACP has been shown to effectively degrade AFB1 in maize by 62% and 82% after 1 and 10 minute treatments, respectively (Shi et al, 2017b).…”