Method of reducing microbial growth during processing of animal carcasses
AssigneeThe BOC Group, Inc.
InventorLouis D. Caracciolo, Jr.
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Abstract
Various food processing methods and a food processing system minimize microbial growth while an animal, such as a chicken, is processed into food. During processing, temperature of an animal carcass and atmosphere surrounding the carcass are controlled by spraying gases and a mixture of ozone and water on the carcass, directing the gases through a passage in a wall to cool a processing area, and flowing the gases into atmosphere surrounding the carcass. Preferably, the gases include ozone and cryogenic gases recycled from a cryogenic freezer. The system uses a reduced amount of fresh water by recycling water used during food processing.
Claims10
A method of reducing microbial growth during processing of an animal carcass, comprising the steps of:
- processing an animal carcass ;
- heating an exterior surface of the animal carcass to open pores in the exterior surface of the animal carcass;
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- spraying the animal carcass with trisodium phosphate while the pores are open.
A method of reducing microbial growth while removing feathers from a fowl carcass, the method comprising the steps of:
- heating the exterior of a fowl carcass;
- rotating a plurality of tines about an axis of rotation;
- removing feathers from the exterior of the fowl carcass;
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- spraying the carcass with at least one of an ozone and water mixture and trisodium phosphate while the feathers are being removed to reduce microbes on the carcass.
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