Patent ID: 6514550
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: A23L,A23V,A61L

Abstract:
Method for carrying out the disinfestation of a product by use of a disinfesting gas under atmospheric pressure with pretreatment in vacuo, the product being introduced into at least one first container in which the vacuum is produced and in which, subsequently, the vacuum is broken by the introduction of the disinfesting gas, the method comprising:a) introducing the at least one first container into a second container before the vacuum is produced; b) simultaneously creating the vacuum in all of the containers and, subsequently, simultaneously breaking the vacuum by passing the disinfesting gas into the containers; c) removing the gas from the second container wherein the gas is retained in the at least one first container present in the second container; and d) extracting the at least one first container from the second container so as to permit the use of the second container for subsequent disinfestation of a product contained in at least one other container.