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REsearch Highlights
FTIR Proves Effectiveness of a New and Improved Method for Cleaning Eggs
Published: February, 2025
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Before hitting the shelves at your local grocery store, eggs roll through decontamination routines such as washing with hot water and drying - but sometimes these conventional methods damage egg quality. Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan use our Agilent endstation and data collected with ATR-FTIR to investigate new eggshell washing practices. Additional Synchrotron X-ray micro-Computed Tomography (micro-CT) data was collected using the BioMedical Imaging and Therapy (BMIT) beamline! In combination, these results prove the effectiveness of cold plasma, a non-thermal, chemical-free and eco-friendly technique for the decontamination of eggshells without sacrificing egg protein quality or eggshell cuticle coverage. Read the paper! Movasaghi, M.; Heydari, M.M.; Schwean-Lardner, K.; Kirychuk, S.; Thompson, B.; Zhang, L. Investigating cold plasma jet effectiveness for eggshell surface decontamination. Food Control 2025, 168, 110928. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110928 |
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