RICE BRAN RESEARCHED AS SOURCE FOR ANTIMICROBIAL, BIODEGRADABLE FOOD PACKAGING FILM

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Sept. 22 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news release:

Rice bran is a plentiful agricultural byproduct that is often underused, but research out of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station shows it could be a source for biodegradable food packaging with built-in antibacterial properties.

Antimicrobial resistance is a significant global health threat,according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the United States alone, more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur each year.

For the past year, with funding support from theArkansas Biosciences Institute, a multidisciplinary team of scientists led by Mahfuzur Rahman has explored how plasma technology could contri...