The immersion of vegetables in wash water is a critical point
among processing steps during fresh cut vegetables production
when transmission of pathogens and undesired microorganisms on
products may occurs. Sanitizers, despite their limited effect on
microbiological quality of fresh produces, are necessary in vegetable
washing water to limit risk of cross-contamination from water
to produce and among vegetable lots over time (Gil et al., 2011). The
reduction of free chlorine is one of the main factors that affects
antimicrobial activity of chlorine-base disinfectants in washing
water. Our data suggest that the concentration of free chlorine in
NEW, when the electrolyte used produced chlorine, was particularly
stable in in vitro assay (2 min of contact time at 4 C) as well as
its reduction was found to be linear under the experimental