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PURE Bioscience Completes Successful Field Test of PURE Hard Surface Disinfectant With Leading Quick Service Restaurant Chain
PURE Bioscience Completes Successful Field Test of PURE Hard Surface Disinfectant With Leading Quick Service Restaurant Chain.
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[{"type":"text","content":"PURE Bioscience Completes Successful Field Test of PURE Hard Surface Disinfectant with Leading Quick Service Restaurant Chain PURE Hard Surface Reduced Overall Contamination 96% Better than Current 'Quat' Ammonia Sanitizer, Supporting Laboratory Studies of Greater than 99.999% Reduction in Microbial Counts SAN DIEGO, (June 27, 2013) -- PURE Bioscience, Inc. (OTCQB: PURE), the creator of the patented silver dihydrogen citrate (SDC) antimicrobial, successfully completed in-store field testing of its PURE? Hard Surface disinfectant/sanitizer by a leading worldwide quick service restaurant chain.Testing was conducted twice daily over five days in six different restaurants and yielded approximately 1,000 data points comparing the efficacy of the chain's current, quaternary ammonia-based sanitizer with that of PURE Hard Surface disinfectant/sanitizer. Areas tested included food preparation tables, produce slicing equipment, food preparation counters, customer transaction counters, dining tables, soda machines and ice dispensers.PURE Hard Surface disinfectant/sanitizer achieved a 96% better reduction in overall contamination than the restaurant's quaternary ammonia sanitizer (with standard deviation of 4%). For non-beverage dispenser use sites, PURE Hard Surface's overall contamination reduction was 96% (? 3%) more effective. For beverage dispensers, it was 96% (? 6%) more effective with external nozzles and 98% (? 1%) more effective with internal nozzles. The testing also measured an overall contamination reduction from the interior of the ice chutes with PURE as 94% (? 4%) more effective than quaternary ammonia sanitizer.Data collection methods included adenosine triphosphate (ATP) assay, which provided a direct measurement of the biological contamination on the tested surface, as well as sampling for aerobic plate count (APC), yeast and mold.The results demonstrated in this field test are supported by numerous third-party laboratory studies and validated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)registration in which PURE Hard Surface disinfectant demonstrated greater than 99.999%reduction in microbial counts. The full results of the study can be viewed on the company's website here.\"As in all food service related markets, the quick service restaurant industry faces critical challenges regarding infectious disease ...