Pilar Truchado, Marisa Gómez-Galindo, M.I. Gil, Ana Allende. 2023
Cross-contamination of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes in the viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state during washing of leafy greens and the revival during shelf-life.
Food Microbiology, Volume 109, February 2023, 104155. More info

Alberto Garre, Pablo S.Fernández, Pilar Truchado, Pedro J. Simón-Andreu, Roland Lindqvist, Ana Allende. 2022
The use of bayesian networks and bootstrap to evaluate risks linked to the microbial contamination of leafy greens irrigated with reclaimed water in Southeast Spain.
Microbial Risk Analysis, Volume 22, 100234. More info

Papadopoulos, Theofilos; Allende, Ana; Egea, José A.; Palop, Alfredo; Fernández, Pablo S. 2022
Training in tools to develop quantitative risk assessment of fresh produce using water reuse systems in Mediterranean production.
EFSA Journal 20(S1): e200416. More info

Allende, Ana; Bover-Cid, Sara; Fernández, Pablo S. 2022
Challenges and opportunities related to the use of innovative modelling approaches and tools for microbiological food safety management.
Current Opinion in Food Science 45: 100839. More info

Albolafio, S., Marín, A., Allende, A., García, F., Simón-Andreu, P.J., Abellán Soler, M., Gil, M.I. 2022
Strategies for mitigating chlorinated disinfection byproducts in wastewater treatment plants.
Chemosphere, 132583. More info

Cuevas- Ferrando, E., Allende, A., Pérez-Cataluña, A., Truchado, P., Hernández, N., Gil, M.I., Sánchez, G. 2021.
Occurrence and accumulation of human enteric viruses and phages in process water from the fresh produce industry.
Foods, 10 (8): 1853  More info

Truchado, P., Gil, M.I., López, C., Garre, A., López-Aragón, R.F., Böhme, K., Allende, A. 2021
New standards at European Union level on water reuse for agricultural irrigation: Are the Spanish wastewater treatment plants ready to produce and distribute reclaimed water within the minimum quality requirements?
International Journal of Food Microbiology, 356, 109352. More info

Truchado, P., Gil, M.I., Allende, A. 2021
Peroxyacetic acid and chlorine dioxide unlike chlorine induce viable but non-culturable (VBNC) stage of Listeria monocytogenes and Escherichia coli O157:H7 in wash water.
Food Microbiology, 100, 103866. More info

Truchado, P., Garre, A., Gil, M.I., Simón-Andreu, P.J., Sánchez, G., Allende, A. 2021
Monitoring of human enteric virus and coliphages throughout water reuse system of wastewater treatment plants to irrigation endpoint of leafy greens.
Science of The Total Environment, 782, 146837. More info

Albolafio, S., Tudela, J.A., Hernández, N. Ortuño, J.A., Allende, A., Gil, M.I. 2021
Practical applications of sensor-based methodologies for monitoring peracetic acid (PAA) as a disinfectant of fresh produce wash water.
Food Control, 121,107632. More info

López-Gálvez, F., Allende, A., Gil, M.I. 2021
Recent progress on the management of the industrial washing of fresh produce with a focus on microbiological risks.
Current Opinion in Food Science. 38, 46–51. More info

Marín, A., Tudela, J.A., Garrido, Y., Albolafio, S., Hernández, N., Andújar, S., Allende, A., Gil, M.I. 2020
Chlorinated wash water and pH regulators affect chlorine gas emission and disinfection by-products.
Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 66, 102533 More info

Garrido, Y., Marín, A., Tudela, J.A., Truchado, P., Allende, A., Gil, M.I. 2020
Chlorate accumulation in commercial lettuce cultivated in open field and irrigated with reclaimed water.
Food Control, 114, 107283. More info

Truchado, P., Gil, M.I., Larrosa, M., Allende, A. 2020
Detection and quantification methods for viable but non-culturable (VBNC) cells in process wash water of fresh-cut produce: Industrial validation.
Front. Microbiol., 11, 673. More info

Belias, A.M., Sbodio, A., Truchado, P., Weller, D., Pinzon, J., Skots, M., Allende, A., Munther, D., Suslow, T., Wiedmann, M., and Ivanek, R. 2020
Effect of weather on the die-off of Escherichia coli and attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium on preharvest baby lettuce and spinach following a simulated irrigation event with contaminated water in California, New York, and Spain
Appl Environ Microbiol, 86 (17), e00899-20. More info

López-Gálvez, F., Truchado, P., Tudela, J.A., Gil, M.I., Allende, A. 2020
Critical points affecting the microbiological safety of bell peppers washed with peroxyacetic acid in a commercial packinghouse.
Food Microbiology, 88, 103409. More info

López-Gálvez, F., Gil, M.I., Andujar, S. Allende, A. 2019
Suitability of centrifuge water for detecting the presence of Escherichia coli versus finished fresh-cut lettuce testing.
Food Microbiology, 84, 1-5. More info

Tudela, J.A., López-Gálvez, F., Allende, A., Gil, M.I. 2019
Chlorination management in commercial fresh produce processing lines.
Food Control, 106, 760-768. More info

Tudela, J.A., López-Gálvez, F., Allende, A., Hernández, N., Andújar, S., Marín, A., Garrido, Y., Gil, M.I. 2019
Operational limits of sodium hypochlorite for different fresh produce wash water based on microbial inactivation and disinfection by-products (DBPs).
Food Control, 104, 300-307. More info

Garrido, Y., Marín, A., Tudela, J.A., Allende, A., Gil, M.I. 2019
Chlorate uptake during washing is influenced by product type and cut piece size, as well as washing time and wash water content.
Postharvest Biology and Technology, 151, 45-52. More info

Gil, M.I., López-Gálvez, F., Andújar, S., Moreno, M., Allende, A. 2019
Disinfection by-products generated by sodium hypochlorite and electrochemical disinfection in different process wash water and fresh-cut products and their reduction by activated carbon.
Food Control, 100, 46-52. More info

López-Gálvez, F., Tudela, J.A., Allende, A., Gil, M.I. 2019
Microbial and chemical characterization of commercial washing lines of fresh produce highlights the need for process water control.
Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 51, 211-219. More info

Truchado, P., Gil, M.I., Moreno-Candel, M., Allende, A. 2019
Impact of weather conditions, leaf age and irrigation water disinfection on the major epiphytic bacterial genera of baby spinach grown in an open field.
Food Microbiology, 78, 46-52. More info

Tombini Decol, L, López-Gálvez, F., Truchado, P., Tondo, E.C., Gil, M.I., Allende, A. 2019
Suitability of chlorine dioxide as a tertiary treatment for municipal wastewater and use of reclaimed water for overhead irrigation of baby lettuce.
Food Control, 96, 186-193. More info

García, C.J., Gil, M.I., Tomas-Barberan, F.A. 2018
LC–MS untargeted metabolomics reveals early biomarkers to predict browning of fresh-cut lettuce.
Postharvest Biol. Technol., 146, 9-17. More info

Y. A. Pachepsky, A. Allende, L. Boithias, K. Cho, R. Jamieson, N. Hofstra, M. Molina. 2018
Microbial Water Quality: Monitoring and Modeling.
Journal of Environmental Quality, 47, 931-938. More info

López-Gálvez, F., Randazzo, W., Andrea, A., Sánchez, G., Tombini Decol, L., Aznar, R., Gil, M.I., Allende, A. 2018
Irrigating lettuce with wastewater effluent: Does disinfection with chlorine dioxide inactivate viruses.
Journal of Environmental Quality, 47, 1139–1145. More info

Intriago, J.C., López-Gálvez, F., Allende, A., Vivaldi, G.A., Camposeo, S., Alarcón, J.J., Pedrero Salcedo, F. 2018
Agricultural Reuse of Municipal Wastewater through an Integral Water Reclamation Management.
Journal of Environmental Quality, 213, 135-141. More info

Allende, A., Truchado, P., Lindqvist, R., Jacxsens, L. 2018
Quantitative microbial exposure modelling as a tool to evaluate the impact of contamination level of surface irrigation water and seasonality on fecal hygiene indicator E. coli in leafy green production.
Food Microbiology, 75, 82-89. More info

López-Gálvez, F., Andujar, S., Marín, A., Tudela, J.A., Allende, A., Gil, M.I. 2018
Disinfection by-products in baby lettuce irrigated with electrolysed water.
J. Sci. Food Agric., 98, 2981-2988. More info

Allende, A., Datta, A.R., Smith, W.A., Adonis, R., MacKay, A., Adell, A.D. 2018
Implications of new legislation (US FSMA) and guidelines (EC) on the establish management systems for agricultural water.
Food Microbiology, 75, 119-125. More info

López-Gálvez, F., Gil, M.I., Meireles, A., Truchado, P., Allende, A. 2018
Demonstration tests of irrigation water disinfection with chlorine dioxide in open field cultivation of baby spinach.
J. Sci. Food Agric., 98, 2973-2980. More info

Truchado, P., Hernandez, N., Gil, M.I., Ivanek, R., Allende, A. 2018
Correlation between E. coli levels and the presence of foodborne pathogens in surface irrigation water: Establishment of a sampling program.
Water Research, 128, 226-233. More info

López-Gálvez, F., Gil, M.I., Allende, A. 2018
Impact of relative humidity, inoculum carrier and size, and native microbiota on Salmonella ser. Typhimurium survival in baby lettuce.
Food Microbiology, 70, 155-161. More info

López-Gálvez, F., Sampers, I., Gil, M.I., Allende, A. 2017
Modelling of E.coli inactivation by chlorine dioxide in irrigation water.
Agricultural Water Management, 192, 98-102. More info

Allende, A, Castro-Ibáñez, I., Lindqvist, R., Gil, M.I., Uyttendaele, M., Jacxsens, L. 2017
Quantitative contamination assessment of Escherichia coli in baby spinach primary production in Spain: Effects of weather conditions and agricultural practices.
International Journal of Food Microbiology, 257, 238-246. More info

García, C.J., García-Villalba, R., Gil, M.I., Tomas-Barberan, F.A. 2017
LC-MS Untargeted metabolomics to explain the signal metabolites inducing browning in fresh-cut lettuce.
J. Agric. Food Chem., 65, 4526-4535. More info

Tombini Decol, L., Sopeña Casarin, L., Titze Hessel, C., Fösch Batista, A.C., Ana Allende, César Tondo, Eduardo. 2017
Microbial Quality of Irrigation Water used in Leafy Green Production in Southern Brazil and its Relationship with Produce Safety
Food Microbiology, 65, 105-113. More info

Mahajan, P.V., Caleb, O.J., Gil, M.I., Izumi, H., Colelli, G., Watkins, C.B., Zude, M. 2017
Quality and safety of fresh horticultural commodities: Recent advances and future perspectives.
Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 14, 2-11. More info

David Millan-Sango, Ana Allende, David Spiteri, Jan F. Van Impe, Vasilis P. Valdramidis. 2017
Treatment of fresh produce water effluents by non-thermal technologies.
Journal of Food Engineering, 99, 77-81. More info

Castro-Ibañez, I., Gil, M.I., Allende, A. 2017
Ready-to-eat vegetables: Current problems and potential solutions to reduce microbial risk in the production chain».
LWT – Food Science and Technology, 85, 284-292. More info

Gómez-López, V.M., Gil, M.I., Allende, A. 2017
A novel electrochemical device as a disinfection system to maintain water quality during washing of ready to eat fresh produce.
Food Control, 71, 242-247. More info