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News Release from: GEA Process Engineering | Subject: Aseptic filling
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 April 2008
NEW aseptic filling technology
GEA Procomac, specialists in aseptic filling technology for PET containers, has received a letter of non-objection (LNO) from the US FDA, for aseptic filling systems for low acid shelf-stable products
The non-objection letter was granted after FDA review of a master file submission based on the Procomac aseptic line installation at Aseptic Solutions, a company based in Corona, California The National Food Laboratory (NFL) served as the Procomac Process Authority for the master filing Procomac FDA-compliant aseptic filling technology for PET uses peracetic acid in liquid form to sterilise containers
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 27 Aug 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Procomac has pioneered a number of aseptic technologies in the past ten years, including the use of a microbiological isolator technology instead of the traditional clean room environment for aseptic filling lines.
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