Is ethylene oxide used to preserve food?
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Ethylene oxide is used in the dried fruit industry to stop microbial spoilage in prunes and, presumably, these treatments are also insecticidal. Ethylene oxide has been used for over 40 years for both insecticidal treatments and for the sterilization of foodstuffs.
Method of evolution as fumigant: By discharge by natural pressure from gas cylinders. ...
Pertinent chemical properties: Highly reactive and flammable; relatively noncorrosive
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