Study: Hygiene a preharvest factor in spinach E. coli

Mike Hornick

The importance of worker hygiene for cutting the risk of pathogen contamination stretches back to the pre-harvest level, according to a new study of E. coli in spinach.
The study by researchers from Texas A&M and other universities was published in the July issue of Applied and Environmental Microbiology. It’s based on sampling done at a dozen spinach farms in Texas and Colorado.