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US: Projects follow Salmonella through irrigation water

A pair of research projects that focus on Salmonella and its relationship to irrigation water are designed to help Southeastern producers better understand associated risks and steps they can take to address them. The first one, led by George Vellidis, Ph.D. and a professor in the University of Georgia's Crop and Soil Sciences Department, looked at whether Salmonella moves through irrigation systems of Southeastern produce farms. Part of the project -- which included co-investigators Karen Levy, Ph.D., of Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health and Michele Jay-Russell, Ph.D., DVM and program manager with the Western Center for Food Safety at the University of California, Davis -- examined water sampling methods.

The second project was led by Vellidis and co-investigator Karen Levy. It looked at whether splash up from overhead irrigation could contribute to Salmonella contamination of produce.

Click here to read more at www.centerforproducesafety.org.