Table 1. Reduction of Salmonella on inoculated alfalfa seeds after gaseous ozone treatment
LOG CFU/G OF SALMONELLA ON TSA* SAMPLE ID** BEFORE AFTER*** REDUCTION A 6.1 4.6 1.5 B 6.7 5.4 1.3 C 5.9 5.1 0.8 D 5.9 5.2 0.7 E 5.9 5.1 0.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - F**** 5.9 5.9 _________________________________________________________________ * Tryptic soy agar  a non selective agar for recovery. ** Samples processed in different packaging material. *** Processing conditions: 30,000 ppm ozone , 65 % RH for 24 hr. **** Processed with little to no RH.