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Killing Pathogens on Leafy Greens: How Dirt Impacts the Sanitizing Process

1 minutes 56 seconds

Now Playing As: Captioned (English) (change)

When produce is washed in commercial processing centers, dirt and debris in the wash water can bind up the chlorine sanitizer, reducing its effectiveness against microbes. An effective way to kill more microbes on leafy greens is to follow up this chlorine washing with a gaseous sanitizer. Part of the "Killing Pathogens on Leafy Greens" series.

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Runtime: 1 minutes 56 seconds

Topic: Health and Safety, Home and Family, Science
Subtopic: Food, Safety, Science Methods
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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Release Year: 2014
Producer/Distributor: LearningGamesLab
Series: Killing Pathogens on Leafy Greens
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Cartoon shows a cabbage with snowflakes falling round it. Text reads, “Cooling.”

Cartoon shows a close up of a leafy green next to water. The leafy green has a small crevice with little flecks of red.

Cartoon shows rays full of green leaves with red and blue sprinkles all over it.

Cartoon shows a PH strip above a bucket of water with little green leaves in it. The PH strip has a dark yellow and light yellow stripes on it.

Cartoon shows a close up of the skin of a leafy green that has cracks and holes and little yellow and white particles floating around it.