Thirty seconds and
sixty seconds of exposure were not significantly different from each
other. After 90 s of exposure, there was no further significant
reduction. No Salmonella was detected from the negative controls,
indicating the reductions noted were those of the challenge inoculum.
stated that interventions applied
to produce should inactivate enteric pathogens by at least 3 logs.
The results in this study showed that a 3 log reductionwas achieved
even with the lowest UV dose. Therefore, UV light can be an
alternative intervention to inactivate pathogens on produce