Holiday question: Eggnog(EtOH) and Salmonella

[Lisa Demczuk]

WICKHAM,JOHN (jwickham at aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu) wrote:
: Does anyone know what approximate concentration of EtOH would have 
: bacteriostatic and/or bacteriocidal activity (I'm presuming the EtOH 
: concentration would likely have similair activity against most enteric
: species). 

The most effective Ethanol concentration to kill enterics is 70% in water.