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Salmonellae in food stuffs of plant origin and their implications on human health

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Salmonella enterica is one of the most common causes of food-borne infection in human beings. Cases of Salmonella infection have been decreasing in Europe in the last ten years, yet, Salmonella infections are still the main cause of acute diarrhea syndrome. Globalization has caused the international food industry to increase the production of collective nutrition produce and products. This has intensified the need for authorized and accredited laboratories to monitor microbiological food safety. All parameters indicate the necessity of a multi-sector approach to this problem. Food safety supervision involves the analysis and identification of risk management, as well as the monitoring, evaluating, and regulating of crop irrigation. We can be more certain with a multi-sector approach that the number of Salmonella infections caused by plant-originated food stuffs will not increase in the future.

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The authors would like to thank Mary Relindes Ellis, MFA, Graduate Research Assistant, The University of Iowa, for her great help in editing the manuscript.

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Krtinić, G., Đurić, P. & Ilić, S. Salmonellae in food stuffs of plant origin and their implications on human health. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 29, 1321–1325 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-010-1001-4

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