A Small Electric Shock Provides A Cheap Way To Eradicate E. Coli Bacteria

U.S. researchers have developed an inexpensive technique for reducing food poisoning, one of the world’s most serious public health issues. The method, which involves applying a low-voltage alternating current to foods, completely deactivates E. coli bacteria most often found on the surface of contaminated meat. The technique offers a quick and easy way to decontaminate at-risk – but otherwise safe beef – without recourse to microbicidal chemicals or other more complicated treatment processes. The research team said that the level of contamination used in their testing far exceeded the contamination that would be seen in commercial carcasses after slaughter.