Wash additive fights Listeria on cantaloupe rinds

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TOMATOES — F.O.B.S AS OF MAY 14

CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA DISTRICTS — Shipments (433-454-398) — Movement expected to increase. Trading moderate. Prices 5x6s higher, others lower. Extra services included. 25-pound cartons loose mature-greens 85% U.S. 1 or better 5x6s $8.95-9.95, 6x6s $7.95-8.95, 6x7s $7.95-8.95. Quality generally good.

MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZ. — Crossings (152-146-159, greenhouse 124-123-137, vine-ripes 28-23-22) — Movement expected to decrease seasonally. Supplies 4x4 to 4x5s light. Trading 4x4 to 4x5s fairly active, others slow. Prices 4x4 to 4x5s higher, others generally unchanged. Field-grown and greenhouse cartons/flats two-layer 4x4s mostly $9-10, 4x5s mostly $7.95-9, 5x5s mostly $4.99-5, 5x6s $4.64-5. Quality variable.

MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH OTAY MESA, CALIF. — Crossings (8-8-11, greenhouse 7-7-9, vine-ripes 1-1-2) — Movement expected to increase seasonally. Supplies in too few hands to establish a market. Quality generally good. The first f.o.b. report was expected to be issued the week of May 21.

WEST FLORIDA DISTRICT — Shipments (0-0-0) — Light harvest expected to start the week of May 28. Expect first f.o.b. by the first week of June.

U.S. SHIPPING POINTS — Greenhouse (54-56-**) — No prices reported. **unavailable

CANADA SHIPPING POINTS — Greenhouse (149*-150-**) — No prices reported. **unavailable, *revised

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Wash additive fights Listeria on cantaloupe rinds

01/30/2012
Pamela Riemenschneider

Fresh produce processors have an option to help reduce pathogens on cantaloupe rinds in Birko Corp.’s peroxyacetic acid formulation Birkoside MP-2.

Tests conducted by Modesto, Calif.-based Enviro Tech Chemical Services, showed a 99.2% reduction in the number of Listeria bacteria on cantaloupe rinds compared with a 96.6% reduction when a sodium hypochlorite bleach rinse was used.

Birkoside MP-2 has been sold as a sanitizer for food and beverage processing equipment and as an antimicrobial wash for meat and produce for many years, said Elis Owens, a microbiologist and chemist at Birko Corp.

“Birkoside MP-2 can be very easily implemented into a processor’s system, and many produce processors are already using this or similar products,” Owens said. “It can be used in a secondary washing step, or as a separate application.”

Owens said treating 1,000 gallons of water with Birkoside MP-2 at 100 parts per million costs about $17.

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Wash additive fights Listeria on cantaloupe rinds

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01/30/2012
Pamela Riemenschneider