date:Sep 04, 2012
The rapid sterilization technique using microwaves for the shelf-stable food industry has US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.
The technology was developed at Washington State University (WSU) and licensed to Food Chain Safety, which in partnership with Printpack created MATSpack to develop it into a commercial reality.
Thekit, dubbed theMicrowave Assisted Thermal Sterilisation (MATS)-B device, has now been snapped up by US food processing group AmeriQual, which is testing it on a t