READ ME File For 'Dataset supporting University of Southampton Doctoral thesis: Investigating ways to improve food safety: ultrasonic salad cleaning'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2204

ReadMe Author: Weng Yee Chong, University of Southampton ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2091-2379

This dataset supports the thesis entitled 
AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 17th April 2023

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
The dataset is under embargo until 2043, due to commercial contract

The data are presented in .xlsx, .csv, .pptx formats which requires Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint to access.
Images are presented in .tiff, .png format, no specialist software is needed to view.
Some figures are presented in Matlab Figure format, which requires Matlab to access.  

This dataset contains:
Data to reproduce all the figures in the thesis. 

Date of data collection: September 2017 - December 2021

Information about geographic location of data collection:  N/A

Related projects/Funders:
EPSRC, Vitacress Salads Ltd, Sloan Water Technology Ltd.

Related publication:
Chong, W., Cox, C., Secker, T.J, Keevil, C.W and Leighton, T.G. (2021) Improving
livestock feed safety and infection prevention: Removal of bacterial
contaminants from hay using cold water, bubbles and ultrasound. Ultrasonics
Sonochemistry, 71, 105372.

Chong, W., Secker, T.J, Dolder, C.N, Keevil, C.W. and Leighton, T.G. (2021) The
Possibilities of Using Ultrasonically Activated Streams to Reduce the Risk of
Foodborne Infection from Salad. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 47(6),
1616–1630.


Date that the file was created: April 2023

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