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FDA accepts novel food sterilization process
Source of Article: http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/Newsletters/weekly/nl_030409.htm
The National Center
for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST), Illinois Institute of Technology
(IIT), and Avure Technologies, Inc., announced that
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has
accepted the research institute’s filing of a new food sterilization process.
It represents the first petition to the FDA for the commercial use of
pressure-assisted thermal sterilization (PATS) processes for application in
the production of low acid foods. The technology improves the quality of
thermally processed foods while eliminating the food safety risks associated
with bacteria such as Clostridium botulinum and its toxins. The PATS process,
which combines mild heat with high pressure to produce commercially sterile
low acid food products, underwent a validation process and safety assessment
by NCFST researchers and its Dual Use Science and Technology (DUST)
consortium members. PATS represents an alternative
to retort processing, which involves exposure of the food to high
temperatures. The successful FDA filing allows NCFST to proceed with the
production of demonstration products using the PATS process.
NCFST
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