UA to make salads safer

November 23, 2010

By hammersmith

[Source: KOLD] – Researchers at the University of Arizona have four years to come up with environmentally friendly ways to prevent outbreaks of salmonella and E.coli in contaminated leafy greens.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proving $2.9 million for the project.

The aim is to study how the harmful bacteria attach themselves to the produce and reach consumers.

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