CornSterilization Experiments
1) Sterilized product: normal corn with 13.5% moisture content 6 hour ozone treatment
Untreated corn, notice the grey Ozone treated corn
Note: that the treated corn is healthier and more yellow
The treatment was done in 2008 and stored as seen above. To date there is no return of the bacteria, 4 months ago they did an official count and all bacteria disappeared.
Results:
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DON-toxin (ppb)
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F-2 toxin (ppt)
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T-2 toxin (ppb)
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Not treated
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treated
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Not treated
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treated
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Not treated
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treated
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16,75
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0,663
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14315,19
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694,47
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1305,46
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1698,75
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The reason for the increase in T-2, when sterilization starts, at first the toxin increases, then the fungus decreases and then then the toxin starts to decrease.
The untreated and treated samples are stored under identical conditions, 12 days after the control samples were analyzed for changes. The treated corn had no increase in any pathogens.
2) Sterilized
product: mouldy corn with 18.5% moisture content
12
hour Ozone treatment
  Untreated corn Treated corn
The moldy corn was slimy and had a bad odor. After treatment the slime disappears and becomes a powder. This treated corn is optically ugly but is consumable, it is given to animals in a mixture with healthy corn.
Results:
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DON-toxin (ppb)
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F-2 toxin (ppt)
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T-2 toxin (ppb)
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Untreated
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Treated
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Untreated
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Treated
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Untreated
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Treated
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4,46
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0,07
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54812,1
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36891,1
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1661,01
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2033,4
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The untreated and treated samples are stored under identical conditions, 12 days after the control samples were analyzed for changes. The treated corn had no increase in any pathogens.
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