Microwaving may keep bread mold at bay
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Attention, bread shoppers: A Texas company could have the answer to some consumers' unwelcome discovery that just-purchased loaves contain mold.
MicroZap Inc. claims its technology allows bread to stay mold-free for 60 days. The loaf is bombarded with industrial microwaves for about 10 seconds, which kills the mold spores, said chief executive Don Stull.
The process...