Capital Press | April 2016
Washington State University has received a $4 million grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture to establish a Center of Excellence for Food Safety Processing Technologies. [continue reading]
Washington Ag Network | April 2016
Washington State University has received a $4 million grant to establish a Center of Excellence designed to improve food safety and quality. [continue reading]
Source: WSU Center of Excellence
WSU News | March 2016
Consumer demand for safe, high quality, additive-free packaged foods is on the rise. Washington State University is advancing toward meeting this demand thanks to two recent investments in innovative food processing technology based on microwave energy. [continue reading]
Source: $11M Funds Food Safety Center
Whole Foods Magazine | January 2016
Canned and jarred goods might be a staple in our pantries and lives now, but emerging technology may soon alter the way we preserve our food. The technology in question is Microwave Assisted Thermal Sterilization (MATS) from 915 Labs, a new approach to shelf-stable food which is clean-eating friendly. [continue reading]
Source: MATS Could Boost Healthy Eating
PR Newswire | June 2015
915 Labs, a leader in natural food processing and packaging technology, introduced today its new Microwave Assisted Thermal Sterilization system, or MATS™, a transformative technology that will help meet the growing consumer demand for high-quality, natural and additive-free packaged food. The company’s pilot-scale MATS systems are currently operating in commercial test kitchens, and the design and build of the first full-scale system is under way, with expected installation at a North American food company processing facility in 2016. [continue reading]
Food Processing | March 2015
For 30 years, microwave technology has been relegated to niche applications in food processing. That is changing as the technology tackles some of the most challenging production challenges. [continue reading]
Source: Industrial Microwave Technology Inches Toward Mainstream
Food Processing | November 2014
Defence ration packs could get an overhaul thanks to new processing technology that is anticipated to produce high-quality, long-life, shelf-stable foods. [continue reading]
Food Technology | December 2014 | Volume 68, NO. 12
Source: Take the Heat off: Minimum Heat Processing & Packaging
Food Processing | July 2014
To borrow the language of prize fighting, if food sterilization is a KO, then pasteurization is a TKO — germs and viruses may be dazed and confused, but some will get off the mat and live to fight another day. [continue reading]
Source: Pasteurization Without the Heat
USDA | April 2014
More than 90 percent of American households have microwave ovens where people heat their food, yet this same technology is seldom used for large-scale production in the food industry. [continue reading]
Source: Microwave Pasteurization: A New Industrial Process Producing High Quality and Safe Food