The objective of this study was to determine the effect of a price reduction on salad bar purchases in a corporate cafeteria. We reduced the price of salad bar purchases by 50% during March 2012 and analyzed sales data by month for February through June 2012. We also conducted an anonymous survey. Salad bar sales by weight more than tripled during the price reduction and returned to baseline af...

This study investigated and modeled the behavior of Listeria monocytogenes in egg salad and pasta salad as affected by mayonnaise pH (3.8, 4.2, 4.6, and 5.0) and storage temperature (4, 8, and 12 degrees C). At each storage temperature, L. monocytogenes was able to grow in both salads regardless of the mayonnaise pH. The lag-phase durations (LPD) of L. monocytogenes in egg salad ranged from 33 ...

Few school-age youth consume the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables, and increasing fruit and vegetable intake in children and adolescents is an important public health goal to maintain long-term good health and to decrease risk of chronic disease and obesity. School salad bars are an important tool to promote fruit and vegetable consumption among schoolchildren. Studies show that int...

Optical oxygen sensors were used to ascertain the level of oxygen consumed by individual salad leaves for optimised packaging of ready-to-eat (RTE) Italian salad mixes during refrigerated storage. Seven commonly found leaves in Italian salad mixes were individually assessed for oxygen utilisation in packs. Each leaf showed varying levels of respiration throughout storage. Using the information ...

In recent years the importance of prepared salads as potential vehicles of gastrointestinal infection has been highlighted by several large outbreaks both nationally and across international boundaries. Between 1992 and 2006, 2274 foodborne general outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease were reported in England and Wales, of which 4% were associated with the consumption of prepared salads. ...

this case report describes a 59-year-old woman with a giant basal cell carcinoma on the face neglected for 11 years. surgical resection of the lesion resulted in a 13 × 11 cm defect. issues regarding the adequately safe surgical margins and the management of the resultant defect through modern wound dressing technologies are discussed. keywords : giant basal cell carcinoma, modern dressing, gel...

Salad vegetables contaminated with pathogens can cause food poisoning. The isolation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes from different salad vegetables; cucumber, cabbage, carrot, and lettuce was carried out. E. coli O157:H7 was isolated from all the salad vegetables while L. monocytogenes was isolated from only cabbage and lettuce. The effect of different storage temperatur...