US FDA/CFSAN - Intervention Technologies for Enhancing the Safety of Sprouts - Slide 18 - Gaseous Acetic Acid Mung Bean Seed

US FDA/CFSAN - Intervention Technologies for Enhancing the Safety of Sprouts May 17, 2005

US FDA/CFSAN

Intervention Technologies for Enhancing the Safety of Sprouts

May 17, 2005

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Gaseous Acetic Acid Mung Bean Seed

Gaseous acetic acid (242 ul per liter of air, 12 h, 45oC)

Salmonella ? 5 log reduction, no survivors
E. coli O157:H7 ? 6 log reduction, no survivors
L. monocytogenes ? 5 log reduction, survivors
% germination reduced from 96 to 88% (not statistically significant)

Note: Similar treatment of alfalfa seed was detrimental to seed germination (Delaquis, personal communication)

Delaquis et al. 1999. J. Food Prot. 62: 953-957.

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