Patent ID: 9629376
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A23B

Claim:
1. Method of controlling bacterial, yeast, and/or mold contamination of at least one fruit or vegetable, which method comprises applying to the fruit or vegetable an aqueous microbiocidal composition, said composition containing less than 100 ppm (wt/wt) of active bromine and having been formed from components comprising water and at least one microbiocidal component that is selected from: III) a concentrated aqueous microbiocidal composition having an active bromine content of at least 50,000 ppm, which composition is formed from components comprising water and (i) bromine chloride or bromine chloride and bromine, with or without conjoint use of chlorine and (ii) overbased alkali metal salt of sulfamic acid and/or sulfamic acid, alkali metal base, and water, wherein the relative proportions of (i) and (ii) are such that the atom ratio of nitrogen to active bromine is greater than 0.93, and wherein the pH of the composition is greater than 7; and IV) a solid-state microbiocidal composition which is a dewatered concentrated aqueous antimicrobial composition of III).