Multiple approaches to quantitatively evaluating bacterial pathogen transfer between food products and contact surfaces

The overall goal of this dissertation was to improve the understanding of Salmonella transfer between contact surfaces and food products using three approaches: 1) experimental testing of Salmonella transfer between a model food product (potato) and stainless steel; (2) development and meta-analysis of a bacterial transfer database; and (3) formulation of a novel modeling approach using dimensional analysis.