Chlorine kayan aiki ne da aka saba amfani da shi na masana'antar da aka yanke sabo don hana gurɓacewar giciye a cikin bututun wanka. Amma babban nauyin kwayoyin halitta, kamar yadda aka saba a cikin kayan da aka yanke, yana rage tasirin chlorine ta hanyar amfani da chlorine kyauta. Sabuwar chlorine stabilizer mai suna SmartWash daga Sabon Leaf Food Safety Solutions, Salinas, Calif., Zai iya inganta amincin abinci yayin wankewa da jigilar kaya ta cikin ɗakin yanke.
SmartWash shine mai daidaita sinadarin chlorine da aka yi daga Gabaɗaya Gane As Safe sinadaran, kuma ya bi ka'idodin wanke-wanke na FDA. Yana da madadin citric acid don daidaita pH na maganin wanke zuwa matakin da ake so, yawanci 3.5-5.5. Ana ƙara kayan aikin cikin sauƙi ta layi, kuma a halin yanzu ana aiki da ita a cikin layukan ganye na Taylor Farms. Sabon Leaf da Taylor Farms mallakar kamfani ɗaya ne, Taylor Fresh Foods.
Fasahar ta nuna sakamako mai kyau, amma kamfanin yana son ƙarin tabbaci na fa'idodin, don haka an ƙaddamar da shi ga masu binciken USDA. Cibiyar Samar da Tsaro ta Jami'ar California, Davis, ce ta ba da tallafin bincike don ƙarin bincike kan SmartWash ta masu binciken Sunny Luo, Xiangwu Nou, Patricia Milner da Daniel Shelton a Cibiyar Nazarin Muhalli da Muhalli da Abinci na USDA, Beltsville, Md.
Binciken ya duba yadda ake amfani da SmartWash (wanda ake kira T-128 a cikin binciken) a cikin ruwan latas a adadi daban-daban kuma a cikin maganin wanke da ke dauke da ƙasa. A karshen, SmartWash ya rage girman lalacewar chlorine kyauta idan aka kwatanta da sarrafawa. Ingancin maganin stabilizer ya fi kyau tare da ƙasa yumbu fiye da ƙasa mai yashi, amma duka biyu sun fi sarrafawa.
Mai daidaitawa yana rage pH na maganin wankin, amma masu binciken ba su sami wani lahani mai ban mamaki ba akan letas da aka yi amfani da su a cikin gwaji.
"Gaba ɗaya, yana maye gurbin acid kuma ana iya amfani dashi don daidaita pH na maganin kuma za'a iya amfani dashi don rage raguwar chlorine kyauta a cikin bayani," in ji Patricia Milner, wani masanin ilimin halitta tare da USDA.
Akwai ƙarin fa'idodin bacteriocidal ga fasahar SmartWash, in ji Milner. A kashi 2.5 cikin ɗari, an sami gagarumin mutuwar ƙwayoyin cuta bayan mintuna 2-10 a cikin bayani. Lokacin da aka kara ruwan 'ya'yan letus a cikin maganin wankewa, tare da letas da aka yi wa salmonella da nau'i biyu na E. coli, akwai kwayoyin cutar da suka tsira a kan nama da kuma cikin ruwa a .05 bisa dari, amma a kashi 1 cikin dari an sami rayuwa a kan tissue amma ba cikin maganin ba.
"Yayin da har yanzu akwai raguwar chlorine, akwai raguwar chlorine kyauta da ake amfani da shi tare da T-128," in ji Milner.
A cikin gwaje-gwajen sarrafawa, an yi amfani da chlorine kyauta cikin sauri a gaban nauyin kwayoyin halitta. Lokacin da adadin ruwan 'ya'yan itacen latas ya kai kashi 1-2 cikin 3 a cikin maganin, ƙwayar chlorine kyauta ya ragu ƙasa da .128 sassa a kowace miliyan, kuma ƙwayoyin ƙwayoyin cuta sun sami damar tsira a waɗannan ƙimar. Tare da SmartWash / T-2 a cikin bayani, ko da a mafi girman ƙwayar ruwan 'ya'yan itace (41%), chlorine kyauta kawai ya ragu zuwa .XNUMX ppm, kuma ba a gano kwayoyin cutar ba a wannan matakin.
Masu binciken suna shirin ci gaba da nazarin ƙetare kan babban sikelin, amma bisa ga sakamakon wannan bincike na farko, SmartWash/T-128 yana rage raguwar ƙarancin chlorine kyauta, musamman a gaban ƙasa, kuma zuwa ƙaramin digiri tare da 1 bisa dari ruwan letas, in ji Milner. Har ila yau, yana rage ƙetare gurɓataccen latas ta hanyar rayuwa ta E. coli O157:H7 da salmonella typhimorium, yayin da ba shi da wani tasiri a kan letas daga rage pH na maganin wanke.