Tobacco – Tobacco treatment – With electrical or radiant energy
Patent
1996-12-02
1998-09-08
Millin, V.
Tobacco
Tobacco treatment
With electrical or radiant energy
131290, A24B 1500
Patent
active
058030816
ABSTRACT:
Tobacco products improved by the use of uncured, yellow tobacco low in tar and carcinogenic nitrosamines, treated by microwaving, or convection heating, or freeze drying to kill microbes responsible for curing, for use in smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco, tobacco chewing gum, beverages and foods. In one preferred embodiment tobacco, uncured or cured, is microwaved to reduce further tar and carcinogenic nitrosamines.
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Declaration of Harold R. Burton, Ph.D with Exhibits A-H as follows.
(A) Data from QD, FD,MW Sample Testing/1993 Study.
(B) Data from QD and FD Sample Testing/1994 Study.
(C) Progress Report/Undated.
(D) CORESTA Conference, Agronomy & Phytopathology Joint Meeting, Reunion Commune Des Groupes Agronomie Et Phytopathologie/Abstracts, Oxford 1995 (see Abstract on p. 5--Burton et al.).
(E) Overheads from 1995 CORESTA conference presentation by Burton, 1993 Study.
(F) Overheads from 1995 CORESTA conference presentation by Burton, 1994 Study.
(G) Wiernik et al., Effect of Air-Curing on the Chemical Composition of Tobacco/1995.
(H) Burton Letter to Jonnie R. Williams.
Recent Advances in Tobacco Science--vol. 21--49th Meeting--Tobacco Chemists Research Conference--Sep. 24-27, 1995, Lexington, Kentucky--pp. 38-80--Impact of Plant Manipulation & Post Harvest Phenomena on Leaf Composition.
O'Donnell, Jr. Francis E.
Williams Jonnie R.
Deane, Jr. William J.
Millin V.
Regent Court Technologies
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