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Fruit Development, Ripening & HarvestWhy can immersing warm mangoes in colder water raise a different safety issue from surface washing?
Cooling and pressure changes can encourage water to enter susceptible openings or damaged tissues, potentially carrying contamination beneath a surface that later washing cannot readily reach. The risk depends on the fruit and process. Have commercial immersion procedures assessed rather than copying a temperature difference from another commodity. This concern is separate from mango quarantine hot-water treatments, which require their own authorized protocols.