Short-term wash treatment of produce

A method of washing a food product, the method comprising:

• applying, using a short-term wash device, a short-term wash treatment solution to the food product;
• applying, using a wash device coupled to the short-term wash device, a wash treatment to the food product such that the wash treatment rinses the short-term wash treatment solution from the food product, wherein:
• the short-term wash treatment solution is applied to the food product for a shorter duration than the wash treatment is applied to the food product;
• the short-term wash treatment solution is chemically different from the wash treatment;
• the short-term wash treatment solution applied to the food product comprises an acidulant and a polyol;
• and
• the wash treatment comprises:
• free active chlorine from 2 to 40 ppm by weight of the wash treatment;
• a compatible acidulant selected from a group consisting of phosphoric acid, citric acid, and lactic acid, wherein the compatible acidulant is from 10 to 1000 ppm by weight of the wash treatment;
• another polyol selected from a group consisting of glycerin and propylene glycol, wherein the other polyol is from 2 to 500 ppm by weight of the wash treatment;
• chloride from 1 to 100 ppm by weight of the wash treatment;
• and
• peroxyacetic acid from 1 to 100 ppm by weight of the wash treatment.