ASTA Resources

Processing Treatments

EPA Interim Decision for Ethylene Oxide (ETO): Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

4/2/2025

Literature Review on Ethylene Oxide Residues on Untreated Spices

1/9/2025

Impact of National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Ethylene Oxide Commercial Sterilizers on the U.S. Spice Industry

4/4/2024

White Paper on Alternative Microbial Reduction Technologies

11/14/2023

2023 Regulatory Presentation: Assessing the Impact of EPA's Proposed Phase Out of EtO on the Safety of Spices, A Food Microbiologist's Perspective

10/17/2023

2023 Technical Presentation: Spice Safety - FDA Perspective

10/17/2023

2023 Regulatory Presentation: Ethylene Oxide: Risks, Regulation, and Reality

10/17/2023

2023 Regulatory Presentation: Importance of Spice Sterilization for Imports and Food Markets

10/17/2023

2023 Regulatory Presentation: Ethylene Oxide (EtO): Registration Review Update for ASTA

10/17/2023

2023 Technical Presentation: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Regulatory Actions on Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Webinar

6/7/2023

2023 Technical Presentation: Propylene Oxide Pasteurization

5/9/2023

2023 Technical Presentation: Emerging Strategies for Implementing Preventive Controls to Improve the Safety of Spices

5/9/2023

2023 Technical Presentation: Steam Pasteurization of Herbs and Spices

5/9/2023

2022 Technical Presentation: Fumigant Emissions Regulations

9/12/2022

Literature Review of Inactivation of Microorganisms in Spices by Ionizing Radiation

3/1/2021

ESA White Paper on ETO/ECH Residues in Culinary Herbs and Spices.

1/21/2021

Study Report: Magnitude of the Residue of Ethylene Oxide and Ethylene Chlorohydrin in/on Spices

3/7/2005