With numerous food contamination events in recent memory, more consumers are turning to a commercially available fruit and vegetable cleansing agent called FIT. But does this product, made from natural ingredients like citric acid and grapefruit oil, really get rid of bacteria on your food? According to a new study to be published in the August issue of the Journal of Food Science, FIT killed 99.999 percent of bacteria during testing, including salmonella and E. coli. This means if you had one million bacteria, you’d have one left after treatment with FIT. The research was carried out on potatoes since their dirt-laden skins harbor a great deal of bacteria. However, research still needs to be carried out on fresh produce most commonly associated with food-borne illnesses, such as tomatoes, lettuce and spinach. Full story.
June 26, 2008
Dr. Steven Chang, the author of DailyDose, is a staff physician with Kosmix RightHealth. Dr. Chang practices Family Medicine at the University of California Davis Medical Center, where his medical interests include both pediatric and geriatric care, public health, gay and lesbian health, and sleep medicine. Dr. Chang trained at the Stanford University affiliated O'Connor Hospital, and was a research fellow at the National Institute of Health. He holds an M.D. from McGill University and a BA in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.
October 26th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Here is an interesting press release on this company and product?
http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp?id=31370
I also found this story on the internet:
Effectiveness of Produce Sanitizers
http://www.asm.org/Media/index.asp?bid=50227
With all the issues these days with people getting sick from produce items: spinach, lettuce, green onions, peppers, etc. it is worth the effort of looking at this Fit product.