[compost_tea] Re: CTTF Report

From: dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:46:45 -0000
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I used raw eggs in mine yesterday to enrich ACT. Suppose I'll have to
test for salmonella?  In the food industry many, many foods (like
probably all lots)containing eggs and/or milk are tested for
salmonella.  I recall here recently someone referred to spraying milk
products for disease suppressant I believe on grapes..USDA or Dept of
Ag will be afraid of pathogens from the milk contaminating the grapes
when they get wind of it. 







In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "ericgoodenough" <sfo@g...> wrote:
> Kirk,
>
> According to the copy of the CTTF report's Glossary and definitions:
>
> "Compost Tea Additives.  Materials separate from compost and water
> that are added in the process of making compost tea that are
> presumeed to sustain and enrich microbial growth.  These are
distinct
> from spray adjuvants that are tank mixed immediately prior to
> application of compost tea.  Examples include BUT ARE NOT LIMITED
TO
> [my emphasis} the following: molasses, yeast extract, fish-based
> products, kelp, and green plant tissue."
>
> Sounds like a definition to me. 
>
> If you add something to "sustain and enrich microbial growth" it is
a
> Compost Tea Additive and therefore you need to do the testing for
> each batch and any subsequent variations in order to prove your
> process is free of pathogens.



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