Method for disinfecting marine animals
AssigneeX-Brain Co., Ltd.
InventorsRyuichiro Shikanai, Masamichi Kikuchi
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention makes it possible to sterilize a marine animal with use of sea water and atmospheric air, to the extent that the marine animal can be eaten as an unheated food product. A sterilization method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is a method for sterilizing a marine animal as an unheated food product, the method comprising the steps of: producing oxygen-enriched water by mixing electrolyzed atmospheric air into sea water; producing sterilizing water by electrolyzing the oxygen-enriched water; and bringing the marine animal into contact with the sterilizing water, the sterilizing water containing HOCl, OH− and O−.
Claims8
A method for sterilizing a marine animal as an unheated food product, the method comprising the steps of:
- producing oxygen-enriched sea water by mixing electrolyzed atmospheric air into sea water, the oxygen-enriched sea water containing an increased amount of oxygen (atoms), the electrolyzed atmospheric air being obtained by electrolyzing atmospheric air at an electric power of 2.5 kW to 6.5 kW per 1 cm3 of the atmospheric air;
- producing sterilizing water by electrolyzing the oxygen-enriched sea water at an electric power of 2.5 kW to 6.5 kW per 1 cm3 of atmospheric air, the sterilizing water containing an increased abundance ratio of singlet oxygen;
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- putting the sterilizing water in contact with the marine animal for 10 minutes to 2 hours,
- wherein the sterilizing water contains NOCl, hypochlorous acid water, hypochlorite ions, OH radicals, and singlet oxygen;
- the marine animal is living;
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- the step of putting the sterilizing water in contact with the marine animal decreases the number of bacteria adhered to the marine animal.
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