Bradley Gamble
The Summer Evergreen

WSU Regents Professor Juming Tang developed a new system of microwave food safety technologies in an effort to make meals healthier and safer around the globe.

The new technologies protect food from pathogens and spoilage using electromagnetic wave pulses called microwaves, which could help decrease the number of safety recalls for frozen and chilled foods.

Tang, a biological systems engineering professor, and his team called the two new technologies Microwave Assisted Thermal Sterilization and Microwave Assisted Pasteurization Systems. MATS focuses on processing shelf-stable meals while MAPS focuses on processing chilled meats.

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