Patent 8956673 was granted and assigned to Texas Tech University System on February, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention includes a method for extending the shelf-life of one or more foods by exposure to one or more pulses of microwave radiation for at least seven (7) seconds. The present invention may also be used to reduce pathogenic organisms in food. The one or more foods may be packaged within a container, sealed and stored.