CALIFORNIA: Eco-Safe announces results of challenge study of ozone vs. chlorine - (Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc.)
June 17, 2008 – 11:22 pmTarzana, CA — Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. (OTC: ESFS) is pleased to report excellent results from a commissioned challenge study of disinfection effectiveness of ozone vs. chlorine.
Several months were spent designing testing protocols for a study which would measure the relative killing power of ozone vs. chlorine against Salmonella spp, Staphylococcus aureus, and E. coli O157:H7. This study was commissioned by Eco-Safe upon the request of a large fast-food restaurant chain. The study was designed through the joint efforts of Dr. Al Baroudi, President of Food Safety Institute, International (FSI) and the restaurant chain mentioned previously, and was executed by a reputable third party commercial institution licensed to handle and study pathogenic bacteria in the U.S.
The data generated in this study proved the Eco-Safe ozone wash procedure to be 10 times more effective than a 20 parts per million (ppm) chlorine wash on produce tested with a high bacterial load. […]
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