TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. Announces FDA Broadens Permitted Use of Hydrogen Peroxide; Ruling Significantly Expands Potential Application of SteraMist iHP in Food Industry
TOMI Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:TOMZ), a disinfection and decontamination solutions provider, announced that the FDA has expanded the permitted use of hydrogen peroxide as a secondary direct food additive. The ruling, published on September 3, 2025, significantly impacts TOMI's SteraMist technology, which uses food-grade hydrogen peroxide and deionized water.
The new regulation allows food-grade hydrogen peroxide use in food production, provided residues are completely removed before consumption. TOMI's SteraMist Binary Ionization Technology (BIT) aligns with these requirements, opening opportunities in food safety, transportation, storage, packaging, and pathogen reduction. The technology's efficacy is supported by research published in the Journal of Food Protection, demonstrating rapid decomposition of hydrogen peroxide residues on treated produce.
TOMI Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:TOMZ), fornitore di soluzioni per disinfezione e decontaminazione, ha annunciato che la FDA ha ampliato l’uso consentito del perossido di idrogeno come additivo alimentare secondario. La norma, pubblicata il 3 settembre 2025, influisce significativamente sulla tecnologia SteraMist di TOMI, che utilizza perossido di idrogeno di grado alimentare e acqua deionizzata.
La nuova normativa permette l’uso del perossido di idrogeno di grado alimentare nella produzione di alimenti, a condizione che i residui vengano completamente eliminati prima del consumo. Il SteraMist Binary Ionization Technology (BIT) di TOMI è conforme a questi requisiti, aprendo opportunità in sicurezza alimentare, trasporto, stoccaggio, imballaggio e riduzione dei patogeni. L’efficacia della tecnologia è supportata da ricerche pubblicate nel Journal of Food Protection, che dimostrano una rapida decomposizione dei residui di perossido di idrogeno sui prodotti trattati.
TOMI Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:TOMZ), proveedor de soluciones de desinfección y descontaminación, anunció que la FDA ha ampliado el uso permitido del peróxido de hidrógeno como aditivo alimentario directo secundario. La norma, publicada el 3 de septiembre de 2025, impacta significativamente la tecnología SteraMist de TOMI, que utiliza peróxido de hidrógeno de grado alimentario y agua desionizada.
La nueva regulación permite el uso de peróxido de hidrógeno de grado alimentario en la producción de alimentos, siempre que los residuos se eliminen por completo antes del consumo. La TOMI SteraMist Binary Ionization Technology (BIT) se alinea con estos requisitos, abriendo oportunidades en seguridad alimentaria, transporte, almacenamiento, envasado y reducción de patógenos. La eficacia de la tecnología está respaldada por investigaciones publicadas en el Journal of Food Protection, que demuestran la descomposición rápida de los residuos de peróxido de hidrógeno en los productos tratados.
TOMI Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:TOMZ)는 소독 및 비오염 제거 솔루션 제공업체로, FDA가 과산화수소를 2차 직접 식품 첨가물로 허용하는 범위를 확대했다고 발표했습니다. 이 판결은 2025년 9월 3일에 발표되었으며, 식품 등급의 과산화수소와 탈이온수 사용을 사용하는 TOMI의 SteraMist 기술에 큰 영향을 미칩니다.
새로운 규정은 잔류물이 섭취 전에 완전히 제거되는 경우 식품 생산에서 식품 등급의 과산화수소 사용을 허용합니다. TOMI의 SteraMist Binary Ionization Technology (BIT)는 이러한 요건에 부합하여 식품 안전, 운송, 저장, 포장 및 병원체 저감 분야의 기회를 열어줍니다. 이 기술의 효과는 Journal of Food Protection에 발표된 연구로 지지되며, 처리된 식품에서 과산화수소 잔류물이 빠르게 분해됨을 보여줍니다.
TOMI Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:TOMZ), fournisseur de solutions de désinfection et de décontamination, a annoncé que la FDA a élargi l’utilisation autorisée du peroxyde d’hydrogène en tant qu’additif alimentaire direct secondaire. La réglementation, publiée le 3 septembre 2025, a un impact significatif sur la technologie SteraMist de TOMI, qui utilise du peroxyde d’hydrogène de qualité alimentaire et de l’eau déionisée.
La nouvelle réglementation autorise l’utilisation du peroxyde d’hydrogène de qualité alimentaire dans la production alimentaire, à condition que les résidus soient complètement éliminés avant consommation. La technologie SteraMist Binary Ionization Technology (BIT) de TOMI s’aligne sur ces exigences, ouvrant des opportunités en sécurité alimentaire, transport, stockage, emballage et réduction des agents pathogènes. L’efficacité de cette technologie est soutenue par des recherches publiées dans le Journal of Food Protection, démontrant la décomposition rapide des résidus de peroxyde d’hydrogène sur les produits traités.
TOMI Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:TOMZ), Anbieter von Desinfektions- und Dekontaminationslösungen, gab bekannt, dass die FDA die zulässige Verwendung von Wasserstoffperoxid als sekundäres direktes Lebensmitteladditiv erweitert hat. Die Regelung, veröffentlicht am 3. September 2025, wirkt sich erheblich auf TOMIs SteraMist-Technologie aus, die lebensmittelgeeignetes Wasserstoffperoxid und deionisiertes Wasser verwendet.
Die neue Vorschrift erlaubt den Einsatz von lebensmittelgeeignetem Wasserstoffperoxid in der Lebensmittelproduktion, vorausgesetzt, Rückstände werden vor dem Verzehr vollständig entfernt. TOMIs SteraMist Binary Ionization Technology (BIT) entspricht diesen Anforderungen und eröffnet Chancen in Lebensmittelsicherheit, Transport, Lagerung, Verpackung und Reduzierung von Krankheitserregern. Die Wirksamkeit der Technologie wird durch Forschungen im Journal of Food Protection gestützt, die eine schnelle Zersetzung der Wasserstoffperoxid-Rückstände auf behandelten Produkten zeigen.
TOMI Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:TOMZ)، المزود لحلول التطهير والتعقيم، أعلن أن FDA وسّعت الاستخدام المسموح به لبيروكسيد الهيدروجين كمضاف غذائي مباشر ثانوي. الحكم، المنشور في 3 سبتمبر 2025، يؤثر بشكل كبير على تكنولوجيا SteraMist من TOMI التي تستخدم بيروكسيد الهيدروجين الغذائي والماء المعزول.
تسمح اللوائح الجديدة باستخدام بيروكسيد الهيدروجين الغذائي في إنتاج الغذاء، بشرط أن يتم إزالة الرواسب تماماً قبل الاستهلاك. تتماشى تكنولوجيا SteraMist Binary Ionization Technology (BIT) مع هذه المتطلبات، وتفتح فرصاً في سلامة الغذاء، النقل، التخزين، التغليف وتقليل مسببات الأمراض. تدعم بحوث منشورة في Journal of Food Protection فعاليتها، وتُظهر التحلل السريع لبقايا بيروكسيد الهيدروجين على المنتجات المعالجة.
TOMI Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:TOMZ)，一家消毒与去污染解决方案提供商，宣布 FDA 已扩大将过氧化氢用作二级直接食品添加剂的许可使用范围。该裁决于 2025 年 9 月 3 日公布，显著影响 TOMI 的 SteraMist 技术，该技术使用食品级过氧化氢和去离子水。
新规允许在食品生产中使用食品级过氧化氢，前提是在消费前完全去除残留物。TOMI 的 SteraMist Binary Ionization Technology (BIT) 与这些要求相符，为食品安全、运输、储存、包装和病原体减少等领域带来机会。该技术的有效性得到《Journal of Food Protection》发表的研究支持，显示对处理过的蔬果上的过氧化氢残留物会快速分解。
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- Product contains proprietary component requiring additional safety validation
- Success depends on complete removal of residues before food reaches consumers
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FDA's expanded hydrogen peroxide use approval creates significant new market opportunities for TOMI's SteraMist technology in food safety applications.
The FDA's amendment to 21 CFR §173.356 represents a significant regulatory development for companies utilizing hydrogen peroxide technologies. By broadening permitted applications as a secondary direct food additive, the FDA has effectively opened an entirely new commercial landscape for TOMI's SteraMist technology.
What makes this ruling particularly valuable for TOMI is the perfect alignment between regulatory requirements and their existing technology. SteraMist's formulation—primarily food-grade hydrogen peroxide and deionized water—already meets the Food Chemicals Codex specifications outlined in the new rule. Additionally, their Binary Ionization Technology (BIT) application method ensures no detectable residues remain on treated food products, directly satisfying the FDA's stipulation that trace residues must be completely removed before consumer consumption.
The regulatory change creates multiple new vertical opportunities including food safety, transportation, storage, packaging, pre/post-harvest applications, outbreak control, and preventive pathogen reduction. Scientific validation cited from the Journal of Food Protection adds further credibility, demonstrating that hydrogen peroxide residues from ionized treatments decompose rapidly without safety concerns after minimal storage time.
This regulatory shift essentially removes a significant barrier to entry for TOMI in the massive food safety market. While the company previously focused on medical facilities, biosafety labs, and other non-food applications, this ruling provides regulatory clarity that could accelerate adoption across the food industry supply chain where contamination prevention carries substantial economic value.
FREDERICK, Md., Sept. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc.® (“TOMI”) (NASDAQ: TOMZ), a global company specializing in disinfection and decontamination solutions, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has broadened the permitted use of hydrogen peroxide as a secondary direct food additive. This change, outlined in the final rule published on September 3, 2025 (90 FR 42535), amends 21 CFR §173.356. With SteraMist formulated primarily from food-grade hydrogen peroxide and deionized water, TOMI is now well-positioned to pursue growth opportunities in the food industry.
The new FDA rule permits the use of food-grade hydrogen peroxide that complies with Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), 14th Edition specifications, in food production, provided that any trace residues are completely removed before the food reaches consumers.
TOMI's SteraMist Binary Ionization Technology (BIT) Solution uses a low concentration of hydrogen peroxide combined with deionized water, both of which are recognized as safe for food use. The SteraMist application method ensures no detectable residues remain on the final food product, aligning with the new FDA requirements. The SteraMist iHP formulation also contains a small, non-residual proprietary component that is not expected to pose any safety concerns under the conditions of use.
"We are very pleased with the FDA's new rule, as it formally recognizes the potential for hydrogen peroxide to be used more broadly in the food industry, further validating the science behind our SteraMist iHP technology and opening up a significant market opportunity for TOMI Environmental," said Elissa J. Shane, COO of TOMI Environmental Solutions. "A study published in the Journal of Food Protection supports our findings, demonstrating that hydrogen peroxide residues on fresh produce treated with ionized hydrogen peroxide technology decomposed rapidly and did not appear to pose a safety concern after one day of storage. The FDA's updated regulation, coupled with the supporting scientific data, provides a clear path for food processors to adopt advanced, residue-free technologies like SteraMist iHP to enhance food safety and protect consumers. This opens verticals in food safety, food transportation, food storage, food packaging, direct spraying of food pre- and post-harvest, outbreak control, and preventive pathogen reduction, along with increasing the longevity of all food types.”
TOMI™ Environmental Solutions, Inc.: Innovating for a safer world®
TOMI™ Environmental Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: TOMZ ) is a global decontamination and infection prevention company, providing environmental solutions for disinfection through the manufacturing, sales and licensing of its premier Binary Ionization Technology® (BIT™) platform. Invented under a defense grant in association with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense, BIT™ solution utilizes a low percentage hydrogen peroxide as its only active ingredient and uses patented ionized Hydrogen Peroxide (iHP™) technology in all SteraMist systems to create superior disinfection. TOMI products are designed to service a broad spectrum of use sites, including, but not limited to, hospitals and medical facilities, biosafety labs, pharmaceutical facilities, commercial and office buildings, schools, restaurants, meat and produce processing facilities, and police and fire departments.
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