Method for sanitizing food products
AssigneeAmerican Water Purification, Inc.
InventorWilliam D. Hurst
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Abstract
A method for sanitizing food products that utilizes ozone containing bubbles. The food product is immersed in a liquid bath that has a plurality of ozone containing bubbles streaming therethrough. Enough ozone containing bubbles are provided such that a continuous stream of bubbles are always present within the liquid bath. The ozone containing bubbles are typically an ozone air mixture and can be introduced into the liquid bath directly as a bubble gas stream or can be mixed with the liquid of the liquid bath prior to their introduction into the bath itself. When the food product is immersed in the bath containing the ozone containing bubbles, the ozone in the bubbles contacts the surfaces of the food product and has a sanitizing effect thereon.
Claims8
A method for sanitizing food products capable of being immersed in a liquid bath comprising the steps of:
- introducing an ozone containing gas into said liquid bath in a manner creating a continuous flow of a plurality of ozone containing bubbles in said liquid bath;
- placing said food products into said liquid bath in a manner allowing said ozone containing bubbles to contact and wipe over the surface of said food products;
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- removing said food products from said liquid bath.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.