Proposal of New Pickles to Improve Food Sanitation at Wet Markets in Cambodia.

The lack of heat treatment is one possible factor leading to highly contaminated pickles with microbes, including the bacteria that cause food poisoning. A heating process that sterilizes food products is effective in reducing the microbial content of pickles. We applied heat treatments to ensure that homemade pickles were safe to consume. In this study, 2 kinds of pickled young papaya were made to develop a new, safe processed food that effectively utilizes agricultural products. The objective was to evaluate the possibility of acceptance of these samples in Cambodia and other Asian countries. The sensory evaluation indicated that the samples were acceptable but still need further improvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]