A hot solution to bean sprout safety

Thursday, April 2, 2009 - 08:07 in Health & Medicine

Bacterial infection of mung bean seeds can cause outbreaks of food poisoning when the sprouts are eaten. Now research by a microbiologist from Nottingham University, UK has shown ways of disinfecting the bean seeds using natural methods and which do not prevent the beans from sprouting...

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