Who is Louis Pasteur?

By |2017-02-10T09:51:35-07:00September 8th, 2011|General|

In 1862, a French chemist named Louis Pasteur discovered that heat kills germs in liquids, preventing bacterial growth, food spoilage and foodborne illnesses. He used his discovery to invent methods that have been used for the last 150 years as a sanitary treatment for milk – which at the time was a prime source of TB.  His experiment?  He exposed [...]