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Editor, Senior Moderator
In the wake of recent food-borne E.coli outbreak in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, researchers at Sultan Qaboos University have embarked on a research project to investigate E.coli contamination carry-over mechanism in cucumber.
A research group having lead horticulturists and microbiologists from the College of Agriculture and Marine Sciences, SQU has already taken initiative in this regard.
Dr Mumtaz Khan, Senior Researcher at SQU Water Research Centre, Dr Fahd al Said, Associate Professor in the Department of Crop Sciences,
D Ann Mothershaw, Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, and, Zahra Sulaiman al Kharousi, Technician in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, are leading this project.
They said that the study is under way at SQU Agricultural Experiment Station greenhouse/microbiology laboratory facility where contaminated water and soil is being monitored to see its role in transmission of E.coli or other contaminants from soil/water to plant parts such as fruit, stem and leaf.
This summer, world witnessed a lethal outbreak of E.coli starting in Germany, where death toll has been risen to 50 and almost 4,000 people were caused serious to minor illness alone in Germany.
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A research group having lead horticulturists and microbiologists from the College of Agriculture and Marine Sciences, SQU has already taken initiative in this regard.
Dr Mumtaz Khan, Senior Researcher at SQU Water Research Centre, Dr Fahd al Said, Associate Professor in the Department of Crop Sciences,
D Ann Mothershaw, Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, and, Zahra Sulaiman al Kharousi, Technician in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, are leading this project.
They said that the study is under way at SQU Agricultural Experiment Station greenhouse/microbiology laboratory facility where contaminated water and soil is being monitored to see its role in transmission of E.coli or other contaminants from soil/water to plant parts such as fruit, stem and leaf.
This summer, world witnessed a lethal outbreak of E.coli starting in Germany, where death toll has been risen to 50 and almost 4,000 people were caused serious to minor illness alone in Germany.
....
http://main.omanobserver.om/node/64410