Team:Nagahama/Demonstrate
Nagahama
Demonstrate
Aiming for self-sufficiency
Preserve our yeast by drying it. Ferment fish with that yeast and make Funazushi. Local people are able to make Funazushi without our help. You can also make Secure Funazushi in unsanitary areas, Because Funazushi is fermented at high salt concentration and low pH.
Safety
In order to evaluate the feasibility of our products we researched Indian regulations on the handling of genetically engineered micro-organisms. our product has a greater chance to be authorized if there is no more live bacteria in the final form of the dish. We checked this affirmation and found out this regulation: ‘...food stuffs...derived from Living Modified Organisms where the end product is NOT a Living Modified Organism are exempted from mandatory approval of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee.’ Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Notification no. S. O. 1519(E) dated 23-8- 2007 in the Gazette of India.
We designed cooking methods to sterilize microorganisms. We sterilized microorganisms by boiling our products for 10 to 15 minutes. We made an experiment to assess the presence of yeasts in boiled funazushi. In fact after cooked Funazushi by heating, we confirmed that yeast died by spreading on the medium.This approach will decrease the risk that we eating recombinants. In addition, We chose Vitamin A as nutrient added this time. It is known that β-carotene of absorptivity increases by heating beta carotene. In other words, this sterilization method is considered to be a good method for our progect.
