"Fresh produce" redirects here. For the album by Seaway, see Fresh Produce.
Produce is a generalized term for many farm-produced crops, including fruits and vegetables (grains, oats, etc. are also sometimes considered produce). More specifically, the term produce often implies that the products are fresh and generally in the same state as where and when they were harvested.[citation needed]
In supermarkets, the term is also used to refer to the section of the store where fruit and vegetables are kept. Produce is the main product sold by greengrocers (UK, Australia) and farmers' markets. The term is widely and commonly used in the U.S. and Canada, but is not typically used outside the agricultural sector in other English-speaking countries.
Vegetables are optimally stored between 0° and 4.4 °C (32 and 40 °F) to reduce respiration. Generally, vegetables should be stored at a high humidity (80 and 95 percent relative humidity), but cucurbits (squash family) and onions prefer dry and can mold when moisture is high.[1]
Packagingedit
A tomato in a Japanese supermarket on a plastic tray in plastic shrink film. Excessive unnecessary packaging of produce is overpackaging.
Produce may be packaged for transport or sale.
In parts of the world, including the U.S. and Europe, loose pieces of produce, such as apples, may be individually marked with small stickers bearing price look-up codes. These four- or five-digit codes are a standardized system intended to aid checkout and inventory control at places where produce is sold.
Produce may be bagged in the field during harvest.
Produce may be packaged for transport in a plastic crate.
Cardboard boxes for bulk produce
Mesh bag used for retail sales
Small amounts may be banded together.
Bulk produce may be identified by stickers
Bacterial contaminationedit
Raw sprouts are among the produce most at risk of bacterial infection.[2]
Rinsing is an effective way to reduce the bacteria count on produce, reducing it to about 10 percent of its previous level.[3]
Wastewater used on vegetables can be a source of contamination, due to contamination with fecal matter, salmonella or other bacteria.[4] After Denmark eliminated salmonella in its chickens, attention has turned to vegetables as a source of illness due to feces contamination from other animal sources, such as pigs.[4]
^Morgan, Ray (July 2015). (PDF) (Report). University of Alaska, Cooperative Extension Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-20. Alt URL
^"Hold the Raw Sprouts, Please". www.medscape.com. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
^DeRusha, Jason (9 November 2010). "Good Question: Does Washing Fruit Do Anything?". Retrieved 2016-09-18.
^ ab"No more salmonella in Danish poultry". 3 July 2012. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
Further readingedit
Doyle, Martin (1857). Farm & Garden Produce: A Treasury of Information. G. Routledge & Co. OCLC Number: 39049007
Microbial Safety of Fresh Produce - Google Books
The Produce Contamination Problem: Causes and Solutions - Google Books
Produce Degradation: Pathways and Prevention - Google Books
Decontamination of Fresh and Minimally Processed Produce - Google Books
Microbiology of Fresh Produce - Google Books
Slow food: A Passion for Produce - Google Books
Melissa's Everyday Cooking with Organic Produce - Google Books
Procurement and Marketing of Minor Forest Produce in Tribal Areas - Google Books
Public Produce: The New Urban Agriculture - Google Books
Global standard for food safety: guideline for category 5 fresh produce (North American version) - Google Books
External linksedit
The dictionary definition of produce at Wiktionary
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