Porcine intestines harvested, cleaned, boxed and ready for commerce using industry
standard procedures were tested for the presence of general aerobic bacteria and generic
E.coli. Half of the samples collected were subjected to aqueous ozone at a concentration
of about 2.3 ppm and the other half of the samples were left untreated. All samples were
analyzed and it was found that the treated samples had an average 1.9 log reduction of
general aerobic bacteria and a 1.7 log reduction of E.coli when compared to the untreated
samples. In general, any antimicrobial that can achieve greater than a 1 log pathogen
reduction is considered to be significantly efficacious.