Patent ID: 11968988
Assignee: ZECO, LLC
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 38:
39. A processing solution for processing at least a portion of one or more poultry carcasses in a poultry processing tank, the processing solution comprising:
a premixed pH adjusted processing solution comprising an aqueous solution of one or more peroxycarboxylic acids and a pH adjustment product, the premixed pH adjusted processing solution comprises one or more peroxycarboxylic acids and has a desired pH between 7 and 10 and a desired concentration of the one or more peroxycarboxylic acids between 1 ppm and 2000 ppm prior to being introduced into the poultry processing tank, the premixed pH adjusted processing solution provided by an ancillary system in fluid communication with the poultry processing tank, the ancillary system comprising a mixing assembly configured to be in fluid communication with a source of a processing water, a reservoir of the pH adjustment product, and a reservoir of the solution of the one or more peroxycarboxylic acids, wherein the mixing assembly is configured to mix an inlet stream of the processing water, an inlet stream of the pH adjustment product, and an inlet stream of the solution of the one or more peroxycarboxylic acids to provide the premixed pH adjusted processing solution having the desired pH between 7 and 10 and the desired concentration of the one or more peroxycarboxylic acids between 1 ppm and 2000 ppm, wherein the mixing assembly is proximately located outside of the poultry processing tank, wherein the mixing assembly in fluid communication with the poultry processing tank such that the premixed pH adjusted processing solution having the desired pH between 7 and 10 and the desired concentration of the one or more peroxycarboxylic acids between 1 ppm and 2000 ppm is capable of being introduced from the mixing assembly into the poultry processing tank, and wherein a continuous flow of the premixed pH adjusted processing solution introduced into the poultry chiller tank is capable of maintaining the poultry processing solution within the poultry processing tank at the desired pH between 7 and 10 and the desired concentration of the one or more peroxycarboxylic acids between 1 ppm and 2000 ppm during processing at least a portion of the one or more poultry carcasses.