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Biological Systems Engineering Juming Tang, Ph.D.

US FDA approved first microwave sterilization process developed by Washington State University

IJABE  |  2010  |  Volume 3, No. 1

A revolutionary thermal processing technology us ing 915 MHz microwave energy has been approved by US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Professor Juming Tang, in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University (WSU), led a team of university, industry and U.S. military scientists to develop the new technology. [continue reading]

Source: US FDA approved first microwave sterilization process developed by Washington State University

WSU Researcher’s Revolutionary New Food Processing Technology Dramatically Improves Food Quality and Nutrition, Gains FDA Approval

WSU CAHNRS News  |  October 2009

Imagine a salmon filet that looks, tastes and is as nutritious as freshly cooked salmon but has a shelf-life of more than six months. A new technology developed at Washington State University will make that dream a reality. [continue reading]

Source: WSU Researcher’s Revolutionary New Food Processing Technology Dramatically Improves Food Quality and Nutrition, Gains FDA Approval

Radio Frequency Energy for Postharvest Control of Pests in Dry Nuts and Legumes

Resource Magazine, Vol. 16, No. 1, Page 8  |  April 2009

With increasing globalization facilitated by World Trade Organization agreements and other treaties, the international trade in agricultural commodities has become an integral part of the global economy. [continue reading]

Source: Radio Frequency Energy for Postharvest Control of Pests in Dry Nuts and Legumes

NCFST Receives Regulatory Acceptance of Novel Food Sterilization Process

Illinois Institute of Technology  |  February 2009

The National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST), Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and Avure Technologies, Inc., announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the research institute’s filing of a new food sterilization process. The NCFST filing is the first ever petition to FDA for the commercial use of pressure-assisted thermal sterilization (PATS) processes for application in the production of low acid foods. [continue reading]

Source: NCFST Receives Regulatory Acceptance of Novel Food Sterilization Process

Salmon may be getting a new wrap

Seattle Pi  |  April 2004

With a few phone calls and e-mails, Ketchikan fisherman Johnny Rice may have helped Alaska’s wild salmon out of the metal can and into a new niche market. Researchers in Washington state say they are close to perfecting a new method of microwaving food that not only gives salmon a grocery-store shelf life but delivers a fillet of restaurant-quality straight from a pouch — no refrigeration necessary. [continue reading]

Source: Salmon may be getting a new wrap

Microwaves improve processed food quality

SSC-Natick Press Release  |  March 2004

Microwave energy, long used in homes to cook or reheat food, is gaining momentum in the United States as a method for processing more palatable shelf-stable foods for the military and commercial market.

Already successfully used overseas as an alternative to frozen or refrigerated packaged foods, a partnership between the Department of Defense Combat Feeding Directorate at the Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass.; Washington State University (WSU) in Pullman, Wash.; and several food processing, equipment and packaging companies to process food through a microwave sterilization system is moving ahead with a fresh influx of federal and private sector funding. [continue reading]

Source: Microwaves improve processed food quality

Microwave sterilization kills bacteria while retaining high quality

THE WARROIR – Natick Newsletter  |  March-April 2004

Microwave energy, long used in homes to cook or reheat food, is gaining momentum in the United States as a method for processing more palatable shelf-stable foods for the military and commercial market.

Already successfully used overseas as an alternative to frozen or refrigerated packaged foods, a partnership between the Department of Defense Combat Feeding Directorate at the Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass.; Washington State University (WSU) in Pullman, Wash.; and several food processing, equipment and packaging companies to process food through a microwave sterilization system is moving ahead with a fresh influx of federal and private sector funding. [continue reading]

Source: Microwave sterilization kills bacteria while retaining high quality