Comments on: How to clean bacteria off fruits and vegetables http://www.susiej.com/how-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/ yoga, remedies, recipe, healthy snacks, tips, bedbugs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:25:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Week 1: Shopping Poorganically | The Low Ryder http://www.susiej.com/how-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-80922 Week 1: Shopping Poorganically | The Low Ryder Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:07:06 +0000 http://www.susiej.com/index.php/best-way-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/#comment-80922 [...] it is probably sprayed with pesticide. But it is all local, and I washed it thoroughly using some new techniques I learned.    I’m sure that these techniques are better than holding under the tap for 2 seconds, [...] [...] it is probably sprayed with pesticide. But it is all local, and I washed it thoroughly using some new techniques I learned.    I’m sure that these techniques are better than holding under the tap for 2 seconds, [...]

]]> By: Stephanie Frain http://www.susiej.com/how-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-60293 Stephanie Frain Sat, 06 Nov 2010 20:15:33 +0000 http://www.susiej.com/index.php/best-way-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/#comment-60293 Hi, I have a question regarding cleaning non-organic fruits & veggies. I buy both organic and non-organic food. Until recently, I was just washing them with water, but your blog on cleaning pesticides was very helpful and I have implemented the procudures. But I have a question regarding when to wash the fruits/veggies. Do I was them as soon as I buy them and then store them in the fridge? My thoughts are that I have organic fruits/veggies in the fridge and am wondering if storing non-organic alongside the organic will compromise them. My intution says to wash them as needed but to store them as separate as possible in the fridge. Is this correct? Thanks, and Ill keep reading. Hi, I have a question regarding cleaning non-organic fruits & veggies. I buy both organic and non-organic food. Until recently, I was just washing them with water, but your blog on cleaning pesticides was very helpful and I have implemented the procudures. But I have a question regarding when to wash the fruits/veggies. Do I was them as soon as I buy them and then store them in the fridge? My thoughts are that I have organic fruits/veggies in the fridge and am wondering if storing non-organic alongside the organic will compromise them. My intution says to wash them as needed but to store them as separate as possible in the fridge. Is this correct? Thanks, and Ill keep reading.

]]> By: My Fetish For Radishes and Pesto — Susiej http://www.susiej.com/how-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-58621 My Fetish For Radishes and Pesto — Susiej Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:27:10 +0000 http://www.susiej.com/index.php/best-way-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/#comment-58621 [...] I munch on radishes while I cook, and sometimes while I’m reading. I love the cold, crisp earthy taste. Depending on the variety of the week that the grocery store has on display, there is a hotness… sometimes not. I have learned that non-organic radishes tastes better to me than the organic ones. I just make sure to wash them well. [...] [...] I munch on radishes while I cook, and sometimes while I’m reading. I love the cold, crisp earthy taste. Depending on the variety of the week that the grocery store has on display, there is a hotness… sometimes not. I have learned that non-organic radishes tastes better to me than the organic ones. I just make sure to wash them well. [...]

]]> By: Organic foods and Their Benefits | Indian Makeup and Beauty Blog http://www.susiej.com/how-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-57330 Organic foods and Their Benefits | Indian Makeup and Beauty Blog Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:54:21 +0000 http://www.susiej.com/index.php/best-way-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/#comment-57330 [...] Article references: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 [...] [...] Article references: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 [...]

]]> By: I made my own essential oil soft scrub today — Susiej http://www.susiej.com/how-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-49419 I made my own essential oil soft scrub today — Susiej Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:23:12 +0000 http://www.susiej.com/index.php/best-way-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/#comment-49419 [...] cleansers. Baking soda actually suffocates mold so that it can’t live. And vinegar, by itself, is great for killing germs. But, to give these home made cleaners an extra punch, I always refer back to my sound and true [...] [...] cleansers. Baking soda actually suffocates mold so that it can’t live. And vinegar, by itself, is great for killing germs. But, to give these home made cleaners an extra punch, I always refer back to my sound and true [...]

]]> By: Tasha http://www.susiej.com/how-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-48154 Tasha Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:56:43 +0000 http://www.susiej.com/index.php/best-way-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/#comment-48154 This is a great article. My family washes fruit off with water but that never seemed to be enough for me. After all, if they dropped a fork on the floor they don't just use water, but also soap. I admit, I used to use soap to wash off fruit, and then I got tired of washing it for so long that I stopped eating fruit that I would also eat the outside of (like grapes and apples). Using vinegar and hydrogen peroxide is a great idea! I'm going to use that and enjoy some grapes! ^_^ This is a great article. My family washes fruit off with water but that never seemed to be enough for me. After all, if they dropped a fork on the floor they don’t just use water, but also soap.
I admit, I used to use soap to wash off fruit, and then I got tired of washing it for so long that I stopped eating fruit that I would also eat the outside of (like grapes and apples).
Using vinegar and hydrogen peroxide is a great idea! I’m going to use that and enjoy some grapes! ^_^

]]> By: P http://www.susiej.com/how-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-41590 P Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:58:09 +0000 http://www.susiej.com/index.php/best-way-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/#comment-41590 Here is an interesting article regarding Fit and the potental to kill Salonella on the surface of tomatoes; the full article stated that Fit had a log reduce that killed bacteria: (you have to wonder why this is not noted in the press?) Journal of Food Protection, Vol. 64, No. 10, 2001, Pages 1477–1482 Copyright , International Association for Food Protection EfŽ cacy and Reproducibility of a Produce Wash in Killing Salmonella on the Surface of Tomatoes Assessed with a Proposed Standard Method for Produce Sanitizers LINDA J. HARRIS,1* LARRY R. BEUCHAT,2 THERESA M. KAJS,3 THOMAS E. WARD,4 AND CHARLES H. TAYLOR5 1Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616-8598; 2Center for Food Safety and Quality Enhancement, Department of Food Science Technology, University of Georgia, GrifŽ n, Georgia 30223-1797; 3The Procter and Gamble Company, 8700 Mason-Montgomery Road, Mason, Ohio 45040; 4The Procter and Gamble Company, Sharon Woods Technical Center, 11530 Reed Hartman Highway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45241; and 5The Procter and Gamble Company, Winton Hill Technical Center, 6060 Center Hill Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45224, USA MS 00-456: Received 20 December 2000/Accepted 22 April 2001 ABSTRACT The reproducibility of a method developed to evaluate point-of-use sanitizers for fresh produce was tested at three different laboratories. Mixtures of Ž ve Salmonella serotypes were inoculated on the surface of ripe tomatoes. After the inoculum was dry, tomatoes were placed inside a plastic bag and sprayed with sterile USP water, Dey and Engley (D/E) neutralizer broth, or a prototype Fit produce wash (PW), an alkaline solution comprised of generally recognized as safe ingredients (water, oleic acid, glycerol, ethanol, potassium hydroxide, sodium bicarbonate, citric acid, and distilled grapefruit oil), and rubbed for 30 s. The tomatoes were rinsed 10 s with 195 ml of D/E neutralizer broth (rinse solution), then combined with 20 ml of D/E neutralizer (residual wash solution) and rubbed by hand to remove residual Salmonella. Populations of Salmonella were determined for each tomato in the rinse solution and residual wash solution. Treatment with PW resulted in reductions in the number of Salmonella 2 to 4 logs greater than those achieved with the sterile water or D/E neutralizer broth controls. Consistent results were obtained across the three study sites, indicating reproducible results were obtained using the test method. The method used to determine the efŽ cacy of killing or removing Salmonella from tomatoes in this study is suggested as a standard method for measuring the efŽ cacy of sanitizers on tomatoes and other similar fruits and vegetables with rigid, smooth surfaces Here is an interesting article regarding Fit and the potental to kill Salonella on the surface of tomatoes; the full article stated that Fit had a log reduce that killed bacteria: (you have to wonder why this is not noted in the press?)

Journal of Food Protection, Vol. 64, No. 10, 2001, Pages 1477–1482
Copyright , International Association for Food Protection
EfÂŽ cacy and Reproducibility of a Produce Wash in Killing
Salmonella on the Surface of Tomatoes Assessed with a
Proposed Standard Method for Produce Sanitizers
LINDA J. HARRIS,1* LARRY R. BEUCHAT,2 THERESA M. KAJS,3 THOMAS E. WARD,4 AND CHARLES H. TAYLOR5
1Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616-8598; 2Center for Food Safety
and Quality Enhancement, Department of Food Science Technology, University of Georgia, GrifÂŽ n, Georgia 30223-1797; 3The Procter and Gamble
Company, 8700 Mason-Montgomery Road, Mason, Ohio 45040; 4The Procter and Gamble Company, Sharon Woods Technical Center, 11530 Reed
Hartman Highway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45241; and 5The Procter and Gamble Company, Winton Hill Technical Center, 6060 Center Hill Avenue,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45224, USA
MS 00-456: Received 20 December 2000/Accepted 22 April 2001

ABSTRACT
The reproducibility of a method developed to evaluate point-of-use sanitizers for fresh produce was tested at three different
laboratories. Mixtures of ÂŽ ve Salmonella serotypes were inoculated on the surface of ripe tomatoes. After the inoculum was
dry, tomatoes were placed inside a plastic bag and sprayed with sterile USP water, Dey and Engley (D/E) neutralizer broth,
or a prototype Fit produce wash (PW), an alkaline solution comprised of generally recognized as safe ingredients (water, oleic
acid, glycerol, ethanol, potassium hydroxide, sodium bicarbonate, citric acid, and distilled grapefruit oil), and rubbed for 30
s. The tomatoes were rinsed 10 s with 195 ml of D/E neutralizer broth (rinse solution), then combined with 20 ml of D/E
neutralizer (residual wash solution) and rubbed by hand to remove residual Salmonella. Populations of Salmonella were
determined for each tomato in the rinse solution and residual wash solution. Treatment with PW resulted in reductions in the
number of Salmonella 2 to 4 logs greater than those achieved with the sterile water or D/E neutralizer broth controls. Consistent
results were obtained across the three study sites, indicating reproducible results were obtained using the test method. The
method used to determine the efÂŽ cacy of killing or removing Salmonella from tomatoes in this study is suggested as a standard
method for measuring the efÂŽ cacy of sanitizers on tomatoes and other similar fruits and vegetables with rigid, smooth surfaces

]]> By: Is Organic Food Healthier? | Susiej http://www.susiej.com/how-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-14450 Is Organic Food Healthier? | Susiej Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:07:12 +0000 http://www.susiej.com/index.php/best-way-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/#comment-14450 [...] topic is not closed — comments encouraged. Next post — how to wash pesticides off your fruits and vegetables. Bookmark to: Hide Sites Related Posts How to clean bacteria off fruits [...] [...] topic is not closed — comments encouraged. Next post — how to wash pesticides off your fruits and vegetables. Bookmark to: Hide Sites Related Posts How to clean bacteria off fruits [...]

]]> By: daniel http://www.susiej.com/how-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-11971 daniel Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:41:52 +0000 http://www.susiej.com/index.php/best-way-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/#comment-11971 hallo... i've this paper from my school about safety for fruit & vegetables, i've to identify the potential hazard from fruit & vegetable (microbiology and bacteria) i've some trouble finding the literature for those subject. i hope you can help me with it thank you very much best regards, daniel hallo…
i’ve this paper from my school about safety for fruit & vegetables, i’ve to identify the potential hazard from fruit & vegetable (microbiology and bacteria)
i’ve some trouble finding the literature for those subject.
i hope you can help me with it
thank you very much

best regards,

daniel

]]> By: sjowens http://www.susiej.com/how-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-537 sjowens Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:03:17 +0000 http://www.susiej.com/index.php/best-way-to-clean-fruits-and-vegetables/#comment-537 Fear -- and the hassle of it all! Henitsirk, I'm not offended, but I do want people to understand that it's not just about organic and non-organic -- it's about all the different places our food comes from, and so many hands involved. But, it is such a hassle. Fear — and the hassle of it all! Henitsirk, I’m not offended, but I do want people to understand that it’s not just about organic and non-organic — it’s about all the different places our food comes from, and so many hands involved. But, it is such a hassle.

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