Patented novel packaging prevents food poisoning from eating fresh produce.
Yissum, the technology transfer company of Hebrew University at Jerusalem, has patented research that stops bacterial biofilms from adhering to produce and packaging. These bacterial biofilms are the root cause for food poisoning from fresh produce.
The novel packaging takes advantage of a recent discovery that bacteria communicate with each other. The process, called quorum sensing, is one of the factors for biofilm formation. Once certain molecules detect a sufficiently high cell density, they launch a cascade of genetic processes…
