Maldon Oysters has become the first UK shellfish producer to be allowed to use ozone as part of its purification system following the completion of four years of ground breaking research and development.
Ozone is a pale blue gas that is made up of three oxygen molecules, produced naturally by electrical discharge from lightening or by the sun’s UV rays upon reaching the Earth’s stratosphere.
By adding very small amounts of this natural product to its purification tank system Maldon Oysters found that it was able to not only improve shelf-life and flavour, but it was also able to drastically reduce any virus the shellfish may be carrying.
“As most people are aware, Noro virus is a big problem within the food industry and shellfish is regularly blamed for being a carrier of the virus, but our revolutionary system will reduce the viral contamination of shellfish by a huge margin over the standard UV purification-based systems that are an industry standard in UK,” a company spokesman said.
“Using our new system coupled to regular product testing we believe our shellfish are the cleanest, safest and healthiest available in UK.”
