High-Pressure Food Processing Increasing Safety and Quality
KENT, Wash., July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Avure Technologies Inc., a
U.S.-based subsidiary of Flow International Corporation (Nasdaq: FLOW),
announced today that is has jointly received the Federal Laboratory Consortium
(FLC) 2005 Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer with the U.S. Army
Natick Soldier Center, Solder System Command, Defense Combat Feeding
Directorate.
This award recognizes individuals who have accomplished outstanding work
in the process of transferring a technology sponsored by a federal laboratory
into industry practice. Nominations are made by FLC Laboratory Representatives
and judged by representatives from industry, state and local government,
academia, and federal laboratories.
Avure received the 2005 award as the result of work with Dr. C. Patrick
Dunne of the Department of Defense Combat Feeding Directorate, and Dr. Edmund
Ting, Avure Technologies, Inc., who have forged partnerships to foster the
development and industrial application of High Pressure Processing (HPP), a
revolutionary process in food preservation technology. The U.S. Army first
sponsored research into HPP in the early 1990s which later lead to Avure's
investments into the HPP food market. HPP is being applied to meet the joint
demands of the military for expanding variety and improving the quality of
combat rations and for civilian sector convenience foods containing whole
muscle meats and other thermally sensitive items, such as eggs, potato and
pasta products. Since 2001, a number of HPP foods have begun to appear in the
marketplace as a direct result of technology transfer between the Army and
Avure.
"HPP would not exist in the U.S. if not for the leadership demonstrated by
the U.S. Army Natick Lab from the beginning," said Dr. Ting.
The use of high hydrostatic pressure has proven to be a very effective
means of controlling the activity of both spoilage and disease-causing
microorganisms in refrigerated food items. High-pressure processed foods meet
today's consumer demands for minimally processed, additive-free foods with
fresh-like characteristics while providing the ultimate in safety. The U.S.
Army Natick Soldier Center and Avure Technologies have formed a consortium
involving major food producers to build a base for HPP technology. This
consortium was formed under the auspices of the Army's Dual Use Science and
Technology (DUST) program. An approved high pressure-assisted sterilization
process is expected to be approved by regulatory agencies within one year.
In the pasteurized product area, HPP has been found to be extremely
effective in destroying food-borne pathogens and spoilage organisms. HPP is
utilized by leading food producers such as: Hormel Foods, Perdue Farms,
Avomex, Clearwater Seafoods, Winsom's, Calavo, Motivatit Seafood, Lovitt
Farms, Joey Oyster, Jumex, Leahy Orchards and others. HPP renders food with
not only longer shelf life but also more of their fresh taste, color, texture
and nutritional value.
About Avure Technologies
Avure Technologies Incorporated is a wholly owned subsidiary of Flow
International Corporation. Avure's 'Fresher Under Pressure' HPP technology
destroys food-borne pathogens, including Salmonella, E. coli and Listeria,
without compromising taste, color, texture or nutritional value. HPP also
destroys other organisms that can cause spoilage in fresh foods. For more
information, visit http://www.avure.com.
About Flow International
Flow International Corporation is the world's leading developer and
manufacturer of ultrahigh-pressure waterjet technology for cutting, cleaning,
and food safety applications, providing state-of-the-art ultrahigh-pressure
(UHP) technology to industries including automotive, aerospace, job shop,
surface preparation, food and more. For more information, visit
http://www.flowcorp.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to future
events or future financial performance that involve risks and uncertainties.
The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," variations of such
words and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements but their
absence does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. Forward
looking statements include: HPP is being applied to meet the joint demands of
the military for expanding variety and improving the quality of combat rations
and for civilian sector convenience foods; High-pressure processed foods meet
today's consumer demands for minimally processed, additive-free foods with
fresh-like characteristics while providing the ultimate in safety; An approved
high pressure-assisted sterilization process is expected to be approved by
regulatory agencies within one year. These statements are only predictions
and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these
statements based on a number of risk factors, including those set forth in the
April 30, 2004, Flow International Corporation Form 10-K Report filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contact:
Pat Adams
Avure Technologies
253-850-3500
pat.adams@avure.com
SOURCE Flow International Corporation
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CONTACT:
Pat Adams of Avure Technologies,
+1-253-850-3500, or pat.adams@avure.com
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