MAJOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION INNOVATION RESEARCH PROJECT DEVELOPES NEW PROCESSING TECHNIQUES
April 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLA EURO 18 million European Union (EU) research project into organic foods is now developing practical processing methods helping this sub-sector become more profitable. The QualityLowInputFood project is for instance developing an ecological alternative to washing fresh vegetables in chlorinated water, using ozonised water to clean lettuce, and possibly courgettes and tomatoes. "We don't use a chlorine wash in Finland but the Brits do it to such an extent that even their lettuce smells of chlorine," said participating researcher Marjo ...
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