date:Jul 13, 2017
ackers of produce in the United States and overseas.
Plant pathologist Jinhe Bai and his colleagues at ARSs U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory in Fort Pierce, Florida, worked with Worrell to develop the pouch.
The pouch is a new product for Worrell, a company that markets water-purification technologies. In preliminary research, Bai and his colleagues found that the chlorine dioxide gas could be released too quickly, which could cause chemical burns on the fruit. The pouch was redesigned w