Fresh fruit and vegetables as vehicles for the transmission of human pathogens.

By Cedric N. Berger, S. Sodha, R. Shaw, P. Griffin, D. Pink, P. Hand, G. Frankel. Environmental Microbiology, 2010

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Foodborne pathogens (2017, background): “Environmental sampling revealed the presence of the outbreak strain in river water and the feces of cattle and wild pigs less than 1 mile away from the spinach field [55,56].”
Factors influencing the microbial safety of fresh produce: a review. (2012, background): “In contrast, infected workers are considered the primary source of viruses that cause foodborne illness (Berger et al., 2010) and Shigella (Warriner et al., 2009).”
Antibiotic resistome in the livestock and aquaculture industries: Status and solutions (2020, background): “Previous studies have detected various ARGs in vegetables and fruits (including root endophytes, leaf endophytes and phyllosphere) after growing in the manure-amended soil (Berger et al., 2010; Marti et al., 2013; Ruimy et al., 2010; Wang et al., 2015; Zhu et al., 2017).”