Treatment of tomatoes with the essential oils of three herbs reduces salmonella contamination.
March 13/Tianjin, China/The Packer -- Treatment of tomatoes with the essential oils of three herbs reduces salmonella contamination, and one -- oregano -- even enhances quality, according to a recent study.
The Journal of Food Science published a study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and China’s Tianjin University of Science and Technology in March. An abstract is online.