INTRODUCTION
Electron Beam (EB) is today's most modern food processing technology
available to eliminate disease-causing micro organisms from food and
pharma products. EB Irradiation is the future technology for food
safety and shelf life extension of food products, insect control and
high speed processing sterilization of medical devices and
pharmaceuticals.
OUR INITIATIVE
Pak Electron Beam Irradiation (Pvt.) Limited, PEBL, has installed
the first Electron Beam (EB) Accelerator Plant in Pakistan, under
the supervision of international experts, at North Western
Industrial Zone, Port Qasim, Karachi, near to exporting and
importing sea ports of Pakistan.
The EB plant has the adequate irradiation treatment capacity to
cater to the needs of food, pharma and other industry in Pakistan
PEBL is owned and managed by persons having many years of experience
in food processing technologies.
The EB plant will be working under Total Quality Management System (TQMS)
and under all International Codes and ISO guidelines for the total
satisfaction of customers and related national and international
authorities.
The irradiation facilities of the PEBL-EB-plant has been approved by
the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA)
OUR MISSION
To promote new and modern technologies in processing and trade of
safer food, pharma and other products for human use all over the
world.
EXPERTISE & EXPERIENCE
The management of PEBL carries over 20 years of experience in the
field of food processing and safety control measures including ETO
treatment.
We, a group of companies, have decades of experience in the field of
food processing and preservation, and have provided services of
international standards at our processing facilities in Pakistan.
We have proven record for processing of vegetables, spices and
fruits, ensuring quality by controlling, managing the entire process
from farming to dehydration/processing to final packing and
shipment.
We are thoroughly experienced with successful business transactions
with national, multinational and foreign companies.
We are knowledgeable of the latest food processing technologies
through strong association with academia, food processing
organizations, attending seminars, participating international
exhibitions and visiting modern facilities.
We are also a member of IIA, International Irradiation Association,
UK.
We have associates with extensive experience in irradiation and food
technology.
TECHNOLOGY
Electron Beam Processing is the method where products are exposed to
accelerated electrons and as a result the microbes are deactivated
in the product. The mechanism involves breakage of DNA in the
microbe thus rendering it unviable.
The EB technology:
§ Reduces and eliminates diseases-causing
micro-organisms;
§ Does not make the food radioactive;
§ Increases shelf life of food products ; and
§ The nutritional value is essentially unchanged.
§ Has Superior Control over the Process
§ Has Tighter Tolerances
§ Can Turn E-Beam Off unlike Cobalt Gamma Source
§ Is extremely Efficient and Short Treatment Times.
EB Irradiation has therefore, become an important weapon in the food
safety arsenal in the fight against spread of micro-organisms and
insects in many advanced countries.
Irradiation of food and pharma products with EB
does not become radioactive, as the process does not involve
radioactive material.
Unlike other methods of treatment, EB technology allows treatment in
the final packaged product.
More than 40 countries of the World have adopted EB technology for
the safety of pharma and food production.
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