With the onset and expansion of a globalized economy, has come the need to disinfest and disinfect foodstuffs and refugia based on criterion established by the importing countries, and ultimately their citizens. Consumers demand year-round access to inexpensive goods that are safe from the perspective of food safety and security, as well as environmental and human health. Yet, consumers are becoming increasingly wary of any chemicals used to guarantee their demand(s). Postharvest treatments yield control in relative proximity to consumption, and with relatively certain reproducibility, at least when compared to production-based control measures. Recent research on postharvest treatments is discussed in light of the consumer and regulatory trends, particularly postharvest fumigation strategies that will likely be a fixture in global agriculture for the next decade as the pursuit to meet the “chemically impossible” consumer demand evolves.

Sustainable postharvest treatments for global food security and safety

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