Objective and Challenge
Microbial contamination of edible low moisture food poses a significant public health risk for human. The microbial quality of sweet dehulled sesame seed croquettes, salted dehulled sesame seed and the raw sesame seed, sold under ambient conditions were examined. it showed the presence of microorganisms varying from <1.0 to 1.72 × 105 CFU g− 1 for thermotolerant coliforms, from <1.0 to 6,12 × 106 CFU g− 1 for the total mesophilic aerobic flora and from <1.0 to 8.10 × 105 CFU g− 1 for yeasts and molds. The higher contaminations rates were mostly observed in raw sesame seed samples. No E coli or Salmonella pathogens were detected. Based on international standards of dehydrated food, 50.67% of the ready to eat sesame are satisficing while 17.33% are acceptable and 32% are not satisficing.
AquaSEEN™ has demonstrated the ability to purify Sesame, remove pesticides and herbicides and destroy microorganisms, including:
- Enterococcus hirae
- Escherichia coli
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Aspergillus brasiliensis
- Rhizopus stolonifer
- Candida albicans
- Bacteriophage P001
- Bacteriophage P008
- Serratia marcesens (highly resistant strain)
- Feline coronavirus (allow claim for coronavirus)
- Poliovirus (allow claims effective against all viruses)
- Adenovirus (allow claims effective against all viruses)
Result Driven by AquaSEEN™:
AquaSEEN™ has a unique sanitation mechanism which act by selectively alter the intrinsic properties of water molecules by manipulating the energetic basis of its specific phase and to create an electrical gradient in which microorganisms will not be able to survive.
Other chemicals are harsh on seeds and may change its characteristics, despite sterilization of sesame is a challenge part that affect quality of sesame products. AquaSEEN had been used by many customers which do sesame sterilization as a major role in the processing to kill all type of bacteria, fungi and eggs may sticked, a process done before starting washing, cleaning and packing.
The process is carried out by scattering the sesame pallets in a clean and closed place and fumigating the sesame with AquaSEEN , the process continues for specific time(knead according to the quantity), This method of sterilization does not leave any negative impact on sesame, and the success rate is 100%.