Water safety technology company Atlantium Technologies said that its hydro-optic disinfection ultraviolet (UV) light water pasteurization and disinfection systems are now commercially available for use for regulatory compliance in the US dairy industry. The announcement follows new FDA regulations on the use of ultraviolet light in water preparation for the dairy industry.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized the 2009 Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO), and issued IMS-a-47. The new rules include criteria for the use of UV to provide disinfected and pasteurized equivalent water in dairy processing. Atlantium’s system is the only off-the-shelf UV system validated for all the criteria required by the PMO.
Atlantium explains that ensuring that both products and equipment are kept free of water-borne pathogens is an ongoing challenge for dairy processors. Atlantium’s energy efficient and chemical-free system ensures high quality, safe water at a lower cost than traditional thermal pasteurization, and now can be used to comply with the PMO requirements for pasteurized water.
Atlantium CEO Yoni Glickman explains that the 2009 PMO "opens the way for US dairy processors to replace heat pasteurization of water" with UV technology. Glickman claims that Atlantium’s hydro-optic system is the industry’s only off-the-shelf UV product that meets all the PMO requirements.
Every two years, the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) reviews the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PM0), which includes the procedures and regulations governing the safe supply of Grade A milk and milk products to U.S. consumers. The NCIMS voted in April 2009 on revisions to the PMO, which now allow the use of UV to disinfect and pasteurize water in dairy processing, based on rigorous measurement criteria.
United Dairy, Inc. in Uniontown, Pennsylvania was one of the first plants to adopt the system, and says it impacted overall quality. United Dairy director of operations Tim Griglack says, "The best part is that it makes our lives simpler, and the water is so much better after the reactor.”
Atlantium Technologies, based in the Har Tuv industrial zone near Beit Shemesh, provides water-dependent industries, such as dairy, food and beverage and aquaculture, as well as municipalities, with ultraviolet-based water pasteurization and disinfection technology to meet the growing need for safe water.
The company has installations in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. For more information about Atlantium, go to www.atlantium.com.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on October 28, 2009
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