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Silver-Laced Bottles Prolong Shelf Life of Milk

posted by janrinok on Thursday August 06 2015, @06:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the for-your-golden-cereals dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Consumers may soon be able to go for longer between milk-buying trips. That's because Brazilian company Agrindus hopes to start marketing plastic milk bottles that use embedded silver nanoparticles to kill bacteria. Grade A pasteurized fresh whole milk packaged in those bottles can reportedly last for up to 15 days, as opposed to the usual seven.

The technology was developed by partner company Nanox, and involves first coating silica ceramic particles with silver nanoparticles. This reportedly has a synergistic effect, with the silica boosting the antimicrobial properties of the silver.

Those coated particles take the form of a powder that is subsequently mixed into liquid polyethylene. Using blow- or injection-molding, that plastic is then made into bottles which Agrindus plans to sell to dairy goods companies. The particles can also be used to make milk bags, which should extend shelf life from four to 10 days.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 06 2015, @08:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 06 2015, @08:28PM (#219257)

    Now I try to get raw milk whenever I can, and when I can't, I buy it from a local dairy in paper cartons or glass bottles only.

    Well, OK, but I think you should be aware that there are significant health risks [fda.gov] to drinking raw milk.

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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Friday August 07 2015, @02:04PM

    by Bot (3902) on Friday August 07 2015, @02:04PM (#219571) Journal

    If you look for health risks, you find health risks.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=Dr.+Davaasambuu+milk+cancer [google.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by stormreaver on Saturday August 08 2015, @03:21AM

    by stormreaver (5101) on Saturday August 08 2015, @03:21AM (#219779)

    Never forget that all major U.S. Government agencies are owned by big business. The FDA is ruled, in part, by corporate milk producers. You can't believe a damned thing that comes from there, and must, through necessity, do your own research.

    Corporate milk contains multiple poisons (see my original posting) that are injected (for lack of a better term) for no other purpose than to increase corporate profits. Your health does not even register in the decision making process except as a lie to separate you from your money. The bizarre notion that raw milk is inherently dangerous is laughable.

    I switched from corporate milk to local raw goat milk, which is nutritionally better than cow milk and tastes great, several years ago (among other nutritional changes) and haven't had any adverse effects.

    Grocery store milk, on the other hand, induced various form of mild illness on a regular bases over the years.