• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.436-441
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• 2004

As the production of agricultural products showing high quality and environmental safety is required increasingly these days, it is really necessary to study on technology for producing agricultural products which are safe microbiologically. Among several sanitizing reagents contacted easily, we investigated the most effective and useful method for reducing microorganisms by sanitizer treatment. From this study, it was showed that treatment of 3% hydrogen peroxide solution over 1 minute, which decreased microbiological level less than one tenth of natural state(no sanitizer treatment) in all microorganisms tested, was the most effective sanitizing method to green vegetables, especially raw lettuce used in this study, for reducing microorganisms. By utilizing this sanitizing method in farming step, the improvement of safety and added value of agricultural products, especially raw green vegetables, is expected.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.181-189
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• 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic has increased demand for chlorine-based sanitizing solutions, most of which contain hypochlorous acid (HOCl) as an active agent. Free chlorine (HOCl) in these sanitizers is crucial for their efficacy. Disposable test strips are affordable and convenient tools for determining various qualitative and quantitative parameters. In this study, disposable opto-chemical test strips were developed by physically immobilizing 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) and o-dianisidine (o-D) reagents on chromatography and filter paper-based test strips for the visualization and detection of free chlorine in the form of HOCl. The reagents undergo a rapid color change upon reaction with chlorine through a redox reaction. The paper-based test strips showed rapid color change within a minute and a low sample volume requirement (1 ml). This portable, disposable paper-based test strip is a simple and cost-effective way to rapidly detect the presence of HOCl sanitizers for home and field applications. Both TMB and o-D successfully detected chlorine. Chromatography paper proved to be the more efficient option among the two papers used as substrates for the reagents (TMB and o-D). It exhibited high retention capacity and high performance in terms of color transformation when reacting with HOCl, even after two months of storage.