date:Nov 30, 2012
ine washing gives the industry a way to significantly enhance microbial safety, he said.
The USDA is looking for proposed technologies that can achieve a four- to six-log reduction in pathogen cells (a six-log reduction would achieve a million-fold reduction in such bugs), the journal Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies reports.
The food processing industry can presently achieve a one-log or tenfold reduction. In comparison, the Illinois technique yields a four-log reduction, acc