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Garlic Could Foil Deadly Baby Formula Contaminant

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Garlic may significantly reduce the risk of contaminated baby formula, according to a new study. The study showed that two compounds in garlic, diallyl sulfide and ajoene, can kill a deadly contaminant of baby formula, Cronobacter sakazakii. “A trace dose of these two compounds is extremely effective in killing C. sakazakii in the food manufacturing process,” says Xiaonan Lu, corresponding author and assistant professor of food safety engineering in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems...

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