Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-00451, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Lubitz, William (University of Guelph), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for Universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Recalls of fresh produce due to bacterial contamination occur regularly. Every year Canadians become ill or die from consuming_x000D_
contaminated fresh produce. A 2014 occurrence of Listeria contamination at an American apple supplier killed several consumers_x000D_
of caramel apples in that country and negatively impacted the entire caramel apple industry. Fresh produce cannot be heated,_x000D_
dried or cured, and the commonly used methods of washing and chlorine-based treatments are not sufficiently effective. Moyer_x000D_
Apple products is a leading North American producer of caramel apples based in Beamsville, Ontario, that has developed_x000D_
industry-leading disinfection methods using ultraviolet light, atomized hydrogen peroxide and gaseous ozone. Prior work at the_x000D_
University of Guelph by Keith Warriner has proven gaseous ozone to be an effective, safe and practical decontaminant. Moyers_x000D_
has implemented and proven an ozone-based system that bulk decontaminates apples in bulk shipping bins. There is a_x000D_
recognized need in the fresh produce industry for this technology and Moyers intends to develop a new business providing ozone_x000D_
disinfection systems. Commercializing an ozone bulk treatment system requires further optimization of the design used at Moyers,_x000D_
which requires detailed understanding of flow, ozone distribution and pressures within the system, and the development of_x000D_
engineering design models that can predict these characteristics. This project will conduct the experiments and model_x000D_
development needed to support system optimization, which will then be utilized by Moyer to commercialize an ozone treatment_x000D_
system, create jobs in Ontario and improve food safety throughout North America., program purpose french : Recalls of fresh produce due to bacterial contamination occur regularly. Every year Canadians become ill or die from consuming_x000D_
contaminated fresh produce. A 2014 occurrence of Listeria contamination at an American apple supplier killed several consumers_x000D_
of caramel apples in that country and negatively impacted the entire caramel apple industry. Fresh produce cannot be heated,_x000D_
dried or cured, and the commonly used methods of washing and chlorine-based treatments are not sufficiently effective. Moyer_x000D_
Apple products is a leading North American producer of caramel apples based in Beamsville, Ontario, that has developed_x000D_
industry-leading disinfection methods using ultraviolet light, atomized hydrogen peroxide and gaseous ozone. Prior work at the_x000D_
University of Guelph by Keith Warriner has proven gaseous ozone to be an effective, safe and practical decontaminant. Moyers_x000D_
has implemented and proven an ozone-based system that bulk decontaminates apples in bulk shipping bins. There is a_x000D_
recognized need in the fresh produce industry for this technology and Moyers intends to develop a new business providing ozone_x000D_
disinfection systems. Commercializing an ozone bulk treatment system requires further optimization of the design used at Moyers,_x000D_
which requires detailed understanding of flow, ozone distribution and pressures within the system, and the development of_x000D_
engineering design models that can predict these characteristics. This project will conduct the experiments and model_x000D_
development needed to support system optimization, which will then be utilized by Moyer to commercialize an ozone treatment_x000D_
system, create jobs in Ontario and improve food safety throughout North America., agreement title english : Ozone distribution for bulk produce decontamination, agreement title french : Ozone distribution for bulk produce decontamination, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-08-23, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada