4. Athermal treatments
Because of the sensitivity of food powders to heat, athermal decontamination processes (fumigation, irradiation, etc.) seem to be more appropriate than processes working with moist heat and under pressure, as they avoid thermal degradation of organoleptic qualities and nutritional properties
4.1 Fumigation
Fumigation consists of applying gases such as ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, hydrogen phosphide and methyl bromide to the powders. These compounds generate alkylation reactions, thereby destroying or inactivating micro-organisms. These compounds reduce aerobic flora by 1 to 4 log, at concentrations ranging from 400 to 1,000 mg/L
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Contacts Authors
Frédéric FINE – CTCPA [email protected]
Patrick GERVAIS – ENSBANA – University of Burgundy [email protected]
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Websites
- - Séminaire « Décontamination des poudres alimentaires : état de l'art et innovations technologiques » organisé le mai 2005 par le CTCPA. Les actes de congrès sont disponibles sur demande à [email protected]
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Hygiene regulations :
products of animal origin: regulations CE 852/2004 and CE 853/2004 ;
products of plant origin: decree of 05/28/1997.
Novel Food" regulations: EC regulation 258/97.
Microbiological criteria for dry products :
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Organizations
CTCPA – Centre technique de la conserve des produits alimentaires (Avignon) http://www.ctcpa.org/
ENSBANA – École nationale supérieure de biologie appliquée à la nutrition et à l'alimentation (Dijon) http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/ENSBANA/
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