Water as contamination source of Salmonella and Escherichia coli in vegetable production in Mexico: A review

• Main Authors: González-Mendoza, D., Torrentera-Olivera, N.G., Ceceña Duran, C., Grimaldo-Juarez, O.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit 2015-07-01
• Series: Revista Bio Ciencias
• Subjects: Microorganisms; vegetables; human health.
• Online Access: http://editorial.uan.edu.mx/BIOCIENCIAS/article/view/198/182

Mexico has an extensive infrastructure that has positioned it as a power vegetable producer exporter. However, the use of wastewater represents a potential risk to agriculture, economy and human health, since they are used without due precautions as applied in crop irrigation. In this sense, potential methods for diagnosis have been developed, such as microbiological and molecular methods, which are used for the rapid detection of Samonella and E. coli in minimally processed vegetables. Further studies are needed to determine a threshold dose of pathogens in the water and to correlate the risk that tends to cause pollution of a crop and the specified edible parts of the vegetables marketed in the interior and outside of Mexico.