[Sca-cooks] Apple cider

[Elaine Koogler]

Johnna Holloway wrote:

> I suspect that the cider producers are responding to the new
> juice regulations.
> http://ift.confex.com/ift/2005/techprogram/paper_31368.htm In response 
> to foodborne illnesses associated with consumption of juice products, 
> the FDA adopted the Juice HACCP regulation. Starting January 2004 all 
> juice processors that sell wholesale are required to implement a step 
> that leads to a 5-log reduction of pertinent pathogens. Elevated 
> bacterial counts in end-product cider samples treated with thermal 
> pasteurization or Ultra-Violet (UV) light irradiation suggested that 
> the equipment was not operated properly or that post-processing 
> contamination occurred.
> See also http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/juiceqa.html
>
> Johnnae
>
>
I dunno...it's been this way for a number of years now.  I can't 
remember the last time I could get unpasturized cider even from an 
orchard.  but that could be....

Kiri