Pasteurization is a process whereby fluids such as wine and milk are heated for a predetermined time at a temperature that is below the boiling point of the liquid. The treatment kills any microorganisms that are in the fluid but does not alter the...

The pasteurization of milk is a process of slow heating to kill bacteria and other microorganisms in order to make milk safe for human consumption. During the process many pathogenic bacteria are destroyed including Mycobacterium Tuberculosis...

A process whereby foodstuffs (notably milk) are exposed to temperatures, usually of less than 100°C, for sufficient time so as to reduce the presence of pathogenic or spoilage microorganisms to acceptable levels. Satisfactory pasteurisation...

Raw milk can transmit a number of diseases. This process, developed by Louis Pasteur, does not sterilize but can disinfect milk. Any disinfection process must not change significantly the chemical nature of the milk. It was found that milk brought to...

Pasteurization (or pasteurisation) is the process of heating liquids for the purpose of destroying viruses and harmful organisms such as bacteria, protozoa, molds, and yeasts. The process was named after its inventor, French scientist Louis Pasteur. The...

The pasteurization process at a central Massachusetts dairy connected to a deadly outbreak of a bacterial illness appears to be working properly, a state health official said Friday.Dr. Alfred DeMaria, the state director of communicable disease control, said that could mean the listeria bacteria that...

Risks of Eating non-pasteurized dairy products...   In many Central, South American, Western and Eastern European and Mediterranean countries, milk and its products are often distributed and sold without being pasteurized. This is a very risky habit, because it may cause severe illnesses —and even death,...

Nine days after the recall of a crucial baby vaccine by one manufacturer, the only other U.S. supplier of the shots said Friday that it expects to be able to provide enough to cover U.S. demand for the first half of 2008.However, Sanofi Pasteur officials...

A French investigating judge has filed preliminary manslaughter charges against drugmaker Sanofi Pasteur MSD over side effects of a hepatitis-B vaccine widely used in the 1990s, a judicial official said Friday.Two managers from drugmakers GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur MSD were also given preliminary charges Thursday...