agrindus, an agribusiness company located in são carlos, são paulo state, brazil, has increased the shelf life of grade a pasteurized fresh whole milk from seven to 15 days. this feat was achieved by incorporating silverbased microparticles with bactericidal, antimicrobial and selfsterilizing properties into the rigid plastic bottles used as packaging for the milk. the technology was developed by nanox, also located in são carlos. supported by fapesp&39s innovative research in small business pipe program, the nanotechnology company is a spinoff from the center for research and development of functional materials cdfm, one of the research, innovation and dissemination centers ridcs supported by são paulo research foundation fapesp.
