UV-TOP: UV Treatment Of Powders

在英国的食品工业中加工了大量的粉末。它们容易受到生物污染，拟议的项目将减轻这种风险，从而减少与食品有关的疾病的爆发和昂贵的召回。Jenton国际有限公司（Jenton）是一家总部位于英国的家族式中小企业，是下一个非热粉末净化技术的先驱。在过去的5年里，英国和欧盟发生了7起食源性疾病大爆发，令人遗憾的是，其中包括一些死亡病例。食品和饲料种子和香料快速警报系统（RASFF）显示，大多数（26%）边境限制是由于沙门氏菌、克罗诺杆菌和大肠杆菌等有害细菌造成的。去年，由于一种潜在的有害生物导致婴儿食品从欧洲运往美国，美国婴儿配方奶粉短缺。Jenton是紫外线去污专家，将开发一种粉末去污系统，以保护消费者和婴儿免受这些有害病原体的侵害。细菌的减少也有助于减少因产品召回而造成的食物浪费，并延长产品的保质期。通过使用非热技术，这项研究将帮助英国实现到2050年净零碳排放的目标。该项目还将帮助Jenton扩大其出口销售，并使其能够开发基于英国的解决方案，目前只有国际竞争对手。为了实现这一技术变革，Jenton与食品和饮料行业应用研究专家Campden BRI合作。

A huge volume of powders are processed within the food industry in the UK. They are vulnerable to biological contamination and this proposed project will allow mitigation of that risk and therefore reduce outbreaks of food related illness and expensive recalls.Jenton International Ltd (Jenton) is a UK-based family-run SME that is pioneering the next non-thermal powder decontamination technology. Over the last 5 years, 7 major outbreaks of foodborne disease have affected the UK and EU, sadly, including some fatalities. The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) for seeds and spice show that majority (26%) of border restrictions have been due to harmful bacteria such as _Salmonella_, Cronobacter and _E.coli_. Last year the US ran short of infant formulae due to a potential harmful organism causing shipment of baby food from Europe to the US.Jenton is a specialist in UV decontamination and will develop a powder decontamination system to keep consumers and infants safe from these harmful pathogens. Reduction in germs will also help to reduce food waste due to product recalls and extend product shelf-life. By using a non-thermal technology, this research will help the UK to reach its goal of net-zero carbon target by 2050\.The project will also help Jenton to expand their export sales and enable the development of a UK-based solution for which there are currently only international competitors.To enable this step change in technology Jenton has partnered with Campden BRI, a specialist in applied research in the food and drink industry.