Opinion on the use of plasma processes for treatment of foods* |
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Authors: | Oliver Schlüter Jörg Ehlbeck Christian Hertel Michael Habermeyer Angelika Roth Karl‐Heinz Engel Thomas Holzhauser Dietrich Knorr Gerhard Eisenbrand |
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Affiliation: | Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, University of Kaiserslautern, , Kaiserslautern, Germany |
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Abstract: | The working group “Food technology and safety” of the DFG Senate Commission on Food Safety (SKLM) advises on new technologies concerning food processing. Treatment with plasma is a newly developed process, which is currently used only on a pilot scale in Europe. The novel plasma treatment technology is experimentally applied to consumer goods. There are also potential applications in the food sector, e.g. to inactivate microorganisms on food surfaces. There is still insufficient information on concomitant physical and chemical processes and changes induced in the food. On May 25th 2012, the SKLM issued a first statement on plasma treatment of foods in German. The English version was agreed on December 14th 2012. |
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Keywords: | Food microbiology Food safety Food technology Plasma Safety assessment |
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