Strong consumer demand for safe and high-quality foods can
be attributed in part to the wide spread availability and accessibility
of quality health data and information. There are also new concerns
about food safety due to increasing occurrences of new food-borne
disease outbreaks caused by pathogenic microorganisms. This
raises considerable challenges, particularly since there is increasing
unease regarding the use of chemical preservatives and artificial
antimicrobials to inactivate or inhibit growth of spoilage and
pathogenic microorganisms [6]. In addition, currently available
treatment options for food-borne pathogen infections have drugrelated
side effects, bacterial resistance to antimicrobials, and in some
cases no medical treatment exists for organisms such as Escherichia coli
O157:H7. Therefore, newer treatments which are safe, cost effective,
and simple to administer are urgently needed. In light of this, the
use of nutritional agents is an attractive alternative to conventional
therapeutics and warrants further investigation [3]. Consequently,
natural antimicrobials, such as chili peppers, are receiving a good deal
of attention for a number of microorganism-control issues [6]. Recent
reports state that the Capsicum genus, among other plant genera, is a
good source of antimicrobial and antifungal compounds
Strong consumer demand for safe and high-quality foods canbe attributed in part to the wide spread availability and accessibilityof quality health data and information. There are also new concernsabout food safety due to increasing occurrences of new food-bornedisease outbreaks caused by pathogenic microorganisms. Thisraises considerable challenges, particularly since there is increasingunease regarding the use of chemical preservatives and artificialantimicrobials to inactivate or inhibit growth of spoilage andpathogenic microorganisms [6]. In addition, currently availabletreatment options for food-borne pathogen infections have drugrelatedside effects, bacterial resistance to antimicrobials, and in somecases no medical treatment exists for organisms such as Escherichia coliO157:H7. Therefore, newer treatments which are safe, cost effective,and simple to administer are urgently needed. In light of this, theuse of nutritional agents is an attractive alternative to conventionaltherapeutics and warrants further investigation [3]. Consequently,natural antimicrobials, such as chili peppers, are receiving a good dealof attention for a number of microorganism-control issues [6]. Recentreports state that the Capsicum genus, among other plant genera, is agood source of antimicrobial and antifungal compounds
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