UK Veg crops affected by excessive weather
Vegetable crops are threatened due to excessive wet weather. Oil seed rape production is down 38% Olive oil prices increase 108% due to excessive drought
Richard Higgins
18 April 2024
Pathogen Control
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From the research laboratories at WRc UK there is the following information:
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/sludge/pdf/sludge_eval.pdf
list all 6 harmful groups of viruses, helminths, bacteria, protozoa, yeasts and fungi…
Parameters affecting the kill or inactivation of pathogens
Thermophilic temperatures are lethal to pathogens if they are exposed for sufficient time such
as: 7 minutes at 70°C; 30 minutes at 65°C; or 4 hours at 55°C in digesting conditions.
Good Gardeners International’s HH-2 system of heat treatment for fecal contaminated waste is containerised and monitored by temperature and is over 50 C for a week, reaching 65 C for at least three days. Therefore it is well above the WRC’s recommendations for safe treatment of pathogens. http://www.wrcplc.co.uk/
Further reading
New information on Olive Oil
New findings from Michael Mosely. A BBC broadcast on the Today programme It is now found that previous information on cooking with Olive oil is
Richard Higgins
13 April 2024
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