ILLINOIS: Food industry discovers new technology to kill E-coli & salmonella - (Biomist Inc.)
February 22, 2008 – 7:52 pmhttp://www.pr.com/press-release/72782
Park Ridge, IL. — One of the biggest challenges facing todays food processors is hygiene and effective sanitation. In the past year, contaminated peanut butter led to illnesses in more than 300 people and at least 50 hospitalizations.
(1) Contaminated spinach resulted in 206 illnesses, three deaths, and more than 100 people hospitalized.(1) The FDA recently issued a Food Protection Plan to address public health risks, and is encouraging the development of new technologies to fight pathogens in our nations food supply. Manufacturers concerned about the impact of a recall are turning to a new system that converts alcohol into a non-flammable vapor, making it possible to sanitize surfaces that cannot be quickly sanitized by other methods.
This new system utilizes liquid carbon dioxide as a propellant to spray a fine alcohol mist. Using this process, oxygen is temporarily displaced by an envelope of rapidly expanding CO2 gas, rendering the vapor non-flammable. […]
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