date:Dec 05, 2012
. The researchers have used the technique on iceberg and romaine lettuce, as well as spinach, with similar results.
Hao Feng, a U of I professor of food science and human nutrition, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is looking for proposed technologies that can achieve a 4- to 6-log reduction in pathogen cells (a 6-log reduction would achieve a millionfold reduction in pathogenic bacteria). The food processing industry can now achieve a 1-log or tenfold reduction. In comparison, th