California Strawberries: Quality and Safety | Part 1

Описание: Learn essential practices for keeping California strawberries safe and fresh from the field to distribution. This webinar covers pathogen testing, temperature control, and shipping protocols. Trevor Suslow discusses the importance of product testing and the use of rapid methods. At the same time, Jim Thompson highlights the sensitivity of strawberries to temperature and shares practical shipping tips, including precooling, trailer preparation, load techniques, and vibration protection. Key topics include proper temperature management, using load spacers, and modified atmosphere packaging for long-distance shipments. Essential for growers, shippers, and distributors involved in the strawberry supply chain.

Presenters: Dr. Trevor Suslow, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Plant Sciences Department, UC Davis; Jim Thompson, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department, UC Davis; Dr. Jim Gorny, Executive Director, UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center (Facilitator)

0:00 Introduction
1:53 Microbial Testing
2:13 Outline
3:23 Preharvest and Packed Product Testing Needs Careful Controls
3:53 Does Pathogen Testing Make Sense ?
5:46 Why not test?
7:20 Pathogen Testing Considerations
10:22 Requirements for an 'Ideal Pathogen Test
13:04 Real Time PCR: Stop Light Action Threshold
14:24 IEH Multiplex Rapid Test
15:16 Confidence in Pathogen Detection Is More an issue of Sampling than Test System Sensitivity
16:03 Problems with Testing for Pathogens
17:32 Crop Management and Food Safety Programs Make the Risk Profile Very Low
18:57 How Would You Design a Test and Positive Release Program?
19:01 Sample Size
19:42 Can Product Testing Be an Effective Firewall?
20:13 If Pathogen Testing Is Done...
20:39 Is the Cost of Pathogen Testing Justified by Real Contributions to Public Safety?
25:43 Shipping Strawberries
27:07 Plan the Load
28:07 Produce Compatibility Chart
29:06 Precool the Berries
29:52 Check the Trailer
30:42 Centerline Loading
31:30 Product Warms in Transit
32:11 Require Load Spacers
33:56 Air Ride Suspension
35:53 At DC
37:27 Maintaining Quality & Safety in California Fresh Strawberries

Keywords: strawberry transportation, pathogen testing, food safety, postharvest handling, temperature management, cold chain, strawberry shipping, UC Davis, produce safety, agricultural extension