Minimizing microbial growth during food processing

Food processing methods and a food processing system are provided which minimise microbial growth while an animal, such as a chicken, is processed into food. During processing, the temperature of an animal carcass and the atmosphere surrounding the carcass are controlled by spraying gases and a mixt...

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Hauptverfasser:	GRACE, MARK T, CARACCIOLO, LOUIS D., JR, KULIK, WILLIAM M
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BUTCHERING CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J HUMAN NECESSITIES MEAT TREATMENT PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Zusammenfassung:	Food processing methods and a food processing system are provided which minimise microbial growth while an animal, such as a chicken, is processed into food. During processing, the temperature of an animal carcass and the 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 the 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.