Applying the multiple-barrier approach for microbial risk reduction in the post-harvest sector of wastewater irrigated vegetables
Post-harvest interventions are an important component of a multiple-barrier approach for health-risk reduction of wastewater-irrigated crops as recommended by the 2006 edition of the WHO Guidelines for safe wastewater irrigation. This approach draws on principles of other risk-management approaches,...
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| author | Ilic, S. Drechsel, Pay Amoah, Philip LeJeune, J. T. |
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| description | Post-harvest interventions are an important component of a multiple-barrier approach for health-risk reduction of wastewater-irrigated crops as recommended by the 2006 edition of the WHO Guidelines for safe wastewater irrigation. This approach draws on principles of other risk-management approaches, in particular the hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) concept. Post-harvest measures are of particular importance as they can address possible on-farm precontamination, and also contamination that may occur after the crops leave the farm. Key factors influencing microbial contamination along the farm to fork pathway are basic hygiene and temperature management. Both factors are, however, hardly under control in most developing countries where microbial contamination and proliferation are supported by low education, limited risk awareness, rudimentary technical infrastructure and unenforced regulations. In the face of these challenges, the most successful strategies to enhance food safety will involve interventions at multiple control points along the production chain, with emphasis on local safety targets and innovative educational programmes fitting local knowledge, culture and risk perceptions. The WHO (2006) recommended health-based targets for risk reduction in wastewater irrigation provide the required flexibility for risk mitigation in line with the concept of food-safety objectives (FSO). |
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| spelling | CGSpace368052025-11-07T08:12:21Z Applying the multiple-barrier approach for microbial risk reduction in the post-harvest sector of wastewater irrigated vegetables Ilic, S. Drechsel, Pay Amoah, Philip LeJeune, J. T. wastewater irrigation vegetables risk assessment food safety disinfection Post-harvest interventions are an important component of a multiple-barrier approach for health-risk reduction of wastewater-irrigated crops as recommended by the 2006 edition of the WHO Guidelines for safe wastewater irrigation. This approach draws on principles of other risk-management approaches, in particular the hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) concept. Post-harvest measures are of particular importance as they can address possible on-farm precontamination, and also contamination that may occur after the crops leave the farm. Key factors influencing microbial contamination along the farm to fork pathway are basic hygiene and temperature management. Both factors are, however, hardly under control in most developing countries where microbial contamination and proliferation are supported by low education, limited risk awareness, rudimentary technical infrastructure and unenforced regulations. In the face of these challenges, the most successful strategies to enhance food safety will involve interventions at multiple control points along the production chain, with emphasis on local safety targets and innovative educational programmes fitting local knowledge, culture and risk perceptions. The WHO (2006) recommended health-based targets for risk reduction in wastewater irrigation provide the required flexibility for risk mitigation in line with the concept of food-safety objectives (FSO). 2010 2014-06-12T14:36:43Z 2014-06-12T14:36:43Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36805 en Open Access application/pdf Ilic, S.; Drechsel, Pay; Amoah, Philip; LeJeune, J. T. 2010. Applying the multiple-barrier approach for microbial risk reduction in the post-harvest sector of wastewater irrigated vegetables. In Drechsel, Pay; Scott, C. A.; Raschid-Sally, Liqa; Redwood, M.; Bahri, Akissa (Eds.). Wastewater irrigation and health: assessing and mitigating risk in low-income countries. London, UK: Earthscan; Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.239-259. (Also in French). |
| spellingShingle | wastewater irrigation vegetables risk assessment food safety disinfection Ilic, S. Drechsel, Pay Amoah, Philip LeJeune, J. T. Applying the multiple-barrier approach for microbial risk reduction in the post-harvest sector of wastewater irrigated vegetables |
| title | Applying the multiple-barrier approach for microbial risk reduction in the post-harvest sector of wastewater irrigated vegetables |
| title_full | Applying the multiple-barrier approach for microbial risk reduction in the post-harvest sector of wastewater irrigated vegetables |
| title_fullStr | Applying the multiple-barrier approach for microbial risk reduction in the post-harvest sector of wastewater irrigated vegetables |
| title_full_unstemmed | Applying the multiple-barrier approach for microbial risk reduction in the post-harvest sector of wastewater irrigated vegetables |
| title_short | Applying the multiple-barrier approach for microbial risk reduction in the post-harvest sector of wastewater irrigated vegetables |
| title_sort | applying the multiple barrier approach for microbial risk reduction in the post harvest sector of wastewater irrigated vegetables |
| topic | wastewater irrigation vegetables risk assessment food safety disinfection |
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