- The
cost of foodborne illnesses in the U.S. is estimated at more than $15.6
billion, with one in six Americans falling ill and roughly 3,000 dying
from contaminated food and beverages annually
- High
pressure processing plays an important role in food safety and is
currently a $20 billion market; it is projected to reach $42 billion by
2026
- Independent
research shows that PBIO’s Pressure Cycling Technology equipment can be
used to dramatically reduce or eliminate common and well-known foodborne
disease-causing bacteria
- The
company’s new Ultra Shear Technology platform is being developed to make
long-shelf-life milk and other dairy products
- Its
Ultra Shear Technology has also been shown to make CBD oil “naturally”
water soluble
Pressure BioSciences Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO), a leader in the
development and sale of high pressure-based instruments, consumables and
related services for the global life sciences and other industries
worldwide, marked the first-ever World Food Safety Day by sharing several
positive independent reports showing that its unique and patented pressure
cycling technology (“PCT”) equipment is a formidable adversary when it comes to
eliminating foodborne pathogens.
World Food Safety Day, an event adopted by the United
Nations General Assembly and supported by international public health
organizations including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, took place on
June 7, 2019 (http://ibn.fm/6hvQv).
Several research presentations featuring PBIO’s HUB440 and HUB880 Explorer
systems were delivered at the Institute of Food Technologists conference, an
annual food science event held June 2-5, 2019, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Presentations centered on the use of PBIO’s unique, ultra-high pressure,
PCT-based HUB equipment and the promising effect it has in high pressure processing
food applications to inactivate foodborne pathogens.
Dr. Aliyar Fouladkhah, assistant professor and director of
the Public Health Microbiology Laboratory at Tennessee State University, showed
in a well-attended presentation that PBIO’s ultra-high pressure equipment can
be used to dramatically reduce common and well-known foodborne disease-causing
bacteria such as E.coli 0157 and Listeria monocytogenes, which are
found in the presence of foods such as apple cider and chopped meat.
“Members of my public health microbiology research group and
I were able to conduct and present results from our cutting-edge, innovative
research projects to the most respected international food science conference
thanks to the consistency, accuracy, and precision of PBIO’s HUB high pressure
units and the collaborative endeavors with PBIO engineers and research
scientists,” Fouladkhah stated in a news release (http://ibn.fm/PDu2F).
FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response Frank
Yiannas said during his World Food Safety Day comments that, “Foodborne
pathogens do not recognize boundaries or borders,” adding that approximately
125,000 children under the age of five die each year around the world because
of foodborne illnesses (http://ibn.fm/V7Z6s).
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that the cost of foodborne
illnesses in the U.S. is more than $15.6 billion annually (http://ibn.fm/P0RQE).
“The need for safer food is a worldwide concern,” Richard T.
Schumacher, president and CEO of PBIO, stated. “We believe that presentations
such as Dr. Fouladkhah’s at this year’s IFT Conference will help generate
awareness of our new, powerful yet affordable bench-top HUB family of products
in the food industry, government, military, and academic laboratory
environment, and that this added exposure will result in an increased demand
for our HUB equipment in this large and growing market.”
The company’s high-pressure instruments for research
purposes are marketed throughout the United States, Europe, China and Japan. To
date, Pressure BioSciences has installed nearly 300 PCT (pressure cycling
technology) systems in over 200 leading academic, government, biotech and
pharma laboratories around the world. Its primary applications are in biomarker
discovery, forensics, agriculture and pathology.
In addition to the 17 or so patents that PBIO holds on its
PCT platform, it also holds two patents in China for a second pressure-based
technology – its novel Ultra Shear Technology (UST) platform. Patents have also
been filed in the U.S. and many other countries worldwide. UST is a novel
process that has potential in a wide range of industrial applications,
including extending the shelf life of some food products and making two or more
insoluble liquids (like oil and water) soluble. UST is based on the use of
intense shear forces generated from ultra-high-pressure valve discharge.
Over the past few months, PBIO has released two short videos (http://ibn.fm/kVEML and http://ibn.fm/Mh3dc) showing how
its patented UST platform was able to process CBD plant oil into a
water-soluble nanoemulsion. When the UST-processed CBD oil was added to
different liquids – such as a soft drink, a sports drink and a beer – the
nanoemulsified CBD oil completely dissolved in each liquid.
UST holds great promise for many applications, such as
making long-shelf-life stable milk and other dairy products, safer and better
tasting beverages, and significantly more soluble and bioavailable CBD for use
in foods, beverages, ointments and gels.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.PressureBioSciences.com
NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates
relating to PBIO are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/PBIO
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