Virological Quality of Irrigation Water in Leafy Green Vegetables and Berry Fruits Production Chains

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12560-016-9264-2" target="_blank" >http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12560-016-9264-2</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12560-016-9264-2" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12560-016-9264-2</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Virological Quality of Irrigation Water in Leafy Green Vegetables and Berry Fruits Production Chains

Original language description

This study condenses data acquired during investigations of the virological quality of irrigation water used in production of fresh produce. One hundred and eight samples of irrigation water were collected from five berry fruit farms in Finland (1), the Czech Republic (1), Serbia (2), and Poland (1), and sixty-one samples were collected from three leafy green vegetable farms in Poland, Serbia, and Greece. Samples were analyzed for index viruses of human or animal fecal contamination (human and porcine adenoviruses, and bovine polyoma viruses), and human pathogenic viruses (hepatitis A virus, hepatitis E virus, and noroviruses GI/GII). Both index and pathogenic viruses were found in irrigation water samples from the leafy green vegetables production chain. The data on the presence of index viruses indicated that the highest percentage of fecal contamination was of human origin (28.1 %, 18/64), followed by that of porcine (15.4 %, 6/39) and bovine (5.1 %, 2/39) origins. Hepatitis E virus (5 %, 1/20) and noroviruses GII (14.3 %, 4/28) were also detected. Samples from berry fruit production were also positive for both index and pathogenic viruses. The highest percentage of fecal contamination was of human origin (8.3 %, 9/108), followed by that of porcine, 4.5 % (4/89) and bovine, 1.1 % (1/89) origins. Norovirus GII (3.6 %, 2/56) was also detected. These data demonstrate that irrigation water used in primary production is an important vehicle of viral contamination for fresh produce, and thus is a critical control point which should be integrated into food safety management systems for viruses. The recommendations of Codex Alimentarius, as well as regulations on the use of water of appropriate quality for irrigation purposes, should be followed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10607 - Virology

Project

<a href="/en/project/LO1218" target="_blank" >LO1218: Healthy animal as a source of wholesome food</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Food and Environmental Virology

ISSN

1867-0334

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

72-78

UT code for WoS article

000394333700008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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