Pressure BioSciences' ultra-high pressure products featured in Chicago food tech conference

Pressure BioSciences Inc (OTCQB: PBIO) announced on Thursday that its ultra-high pressure product line of instruments, methods, and technology platforms was prominently featured at the recent Institute of Food Technologists annual meeting in Chicago.

The company’s Ultra Shear Technology platform, particularly its US Department of Agriculture-funded collaborative program with Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, was the focus of much discussion during the four-day conference, the company said.

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“My research group presented on the effects of high hydrostatic pressure on the inactivation of foodborne pathogens of major public health concern, such as E. coli, salmonella, cronobacter, and listeria,” Aliyar Fouladkhah, assistant professor and Director of the Public Health Microbiology Laboratory at Tennessee State University, said.

“We believe the data we presented, much of it generated with PBI’s high pressure-based instruments, will assist food safety researchers and stakeholders worldwide as they consider the use of pressure-based interventions for their microbiological studies.” 

The research programs at the Fouladkhah and PHM Laboratories at TSU primarily focus on the development of methods to improve microbial safety of various food products.

Shares of Pressure BioSciences were we flat at US$3.50 in Thursday morning trading.

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The IFT has been advancing the application of science across the global food production and supply system since 1939. Its annual meeting is the world’s largest yearly food science event, with over 20,000 food industry professionals in attendance.

Recent enhancements in the commercial feasibility of high-pressure processing (HPP) have been pivotal in the development of new methods for ensuring food safety, while preserving important sensory experience and quality factors. 

Fouladkhah said PBI’s Ultra-Shear Technology (UST) platform offers the potential to greatly benefit the food and many other industries, as it could conceivably inactivate the most resistant pathogenic organisms in (the) food matrix, resulting in safer and more stable products.”

Last week, the company announced the sale of the first two instruments from its newest line of high-pressure based instrument systems which would help raise productivity while cutting production costs.

Pressure BioSciences is a leader in the development and sale of pressure-based solutions for the worldwide life sciences industry.

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