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Microbiological hazards and melons

Joint FAO/WHO report for the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene Working Group on the development of an Annex on melons for the Code of Hygienic Practice for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (CAC/RCP 53-2003)

Year of publication 2008

Pages 33 p.

Author Office of Assistant Director-General (Agriculture Department)

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This report was prepared in response to a request to FAO/WHO from the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH). In undertaking new work on an Annex to the Code of Hygienic Practices for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables (CAC, 2003) for melons, CCFH requested a Call for Data and an evaluation of the pathogen-specific hazards associated with various types of melons, the role of various agricultural and manufacturing practices in enhancing or mitigating these hazards, and influences of marketing and consume r handling. The report includes a literature review of microbial safety and the melon supply chain and data received from the FAO/WHO call.

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