date:Nov 30, 2012
Scientists using an ultrasound-chlorine washing combo, made a clean sweep of the deadly E.coli pathogen from spinach leaves.
This way we can reduce the total number of food-borne pathogenic bacteria by over 99.99 percent, said Hao Feng, professor of food science and human nutrition, University of Illinois.
Combining technologies is the key to bridging the gap between our current capacity and what USDA (US Department of Agriculture) would like to see. The use of ultrasound exposure during chlor