INVESTIGATION OF FECAL CONTAMINATION OF FRESH PRODUCE IN FOUR TURKISH PROVINCES

Abstract

USAFE medical directors have long considered that the potentialities exist for intestinal borne, infectious-disease transmission through consumption of raw produce grown in Turkey. A general understanding of sanitary conditions and habits of the people in this region justifies such an assumption. Only meager information concerning fecal contamination of fresh fruits and vegetables from the local economy has heretofore been gathered. The primary purposes of this study were to determine the possible sources and extent of produce contamination, and to evaluate the decontamination procedure recommended by TUSLOG directors of base medical services. In accomplishing these objectives, a laboratory procedure was developed for monitoring the efficacy of produce disinfection as practiced in TUSLOG food service facilities of Turkey.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0420054

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bacteria
  • Buffers (Chemistry)
  • Decontamination
  • Disinfection
  • Escherichia
  • Escherichia Coli
  • Food
  • Health Services
  • Indicator Dyes
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Plants
  • Streptococcus
  • Vegetables

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Vector-Borne Disease and Entomology