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product, but put it through (a dirty facility), you're just
recontaminating it. "
Shelf-life extension
A side effect of the HVACP process is extending the shelf
life of fresh foods, Clarke said, because it kills the mold, fungi
and pathogens that speed up the breakdown of plant tissue.
By prolonging the time food can be consumed, NanoGuard
promotes its technology as a way to boost sustainability
throughout the supply chain. Food waste is a multi-billiondollar
drain on the food and animal feed industries each year,
beginning at the grower level.
" Now you have, and this may be an overused word these days,
a real sustainable situation, " Clarke said. " If we're wasting less
food, we're wasting less fuel, fertilizer, less land. "
The company, founded in 2014, received $6 million in series
A funding in 2019. Clarke said the company is preparing for
another funding round in the next 12 months.
" Our job right now is to minimize the risk of investing in
this technology, " he said.
 Melissa McCann, product development engineer for NanoGuard Technologies,
repairs a regenerative blower in the lab. With a mechanical engineering
background, she troubleshoots various equipment issues to maintain treatment
system efficiency.
must be on-site. The company has been focused on optimizing
the process to ensure it removes pathogens and molds, and is
now turning to the practical application of how the equipment
would be installed throughout the supply chain.
Tests have involved batch testing, at intervals of 15 minutes
to two hours, which is far too long, Clarke said. The goal is to
be able to treat products as they move on the conveyor line at
packing sheds or processing lines.
" We are in the lab today, optimizing the science of it, " Clarke
said. " Now, we're moving towards the practical application of
how we're going to put this into a company or a processing plant. "
In certifying the service as " safe and effective, " the Food and
Drug Administration specifically referred to the company's
process, and not the broad use of ionized gas to treat food.
Clarke said another potential for HVACP is large-scale
spatial decontamination, pumping the ionized air throughout
a processing room or even a warehouse.
" This is an overstatement, admittedly, but you'd have a
clean-room type environment, " he said. " If you clean the
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