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the overall value chain and increase the effectiveness of the
training. Additionally, training must be accompanied by
financial assistance to develop infrastructure at distribution
centers and markets to support food safety practices (e.g.,
cost to purchase and operate a refrigerator, clean water
systems). Last, regulatory controls should be enacted
to ensure that routine food safety practices are properly
followed. Regulatory control includes setting guidelines to
communicate the expectations of regulatory agencies for
value chain actors and monitoring whether expectations
are being followed. Coordination between regulatory
and value-chain actors should be harmonized to ensure
that good food safety practices are being communicated
properly and effectively. The implementation of basic
food hygiene practices at each step of the value chain will
promote multi-hurdle food safety measures (e.g., cool
storage, antimicrobial rinsing, and triple washing) and
ultimately ensure the reduction or elimination of foodborne
pathogens so as to prevent them from causing poor public
health outcomes within the country. Future studies should

focus on conducting a similar study in other provinces of
Cambodia to create a more complete overview of the entire
country, conducting consumer food safety behavior studies
as well as collecting more vegetable samples for microbial
analysis. The information will be a valuable resource for the
development of suitable intervention strategies.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This manuscript is made possible by the generous
support of the American people through the United States
Agency for International Development. The contents are
the responsibility of the Horticulture Innovation Lab and
do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United
States Government. We thank the faculty and students of
Royal University of Agriculture-Phnom Penh, Cambodia,
for their valuable insights and resources, which were
essential to the completion of this project. We also thank
the Horticulture Innovation Lab at University of CaliforniaDavis for financial support.

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