Patent ID: 6423675
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: A01N,A61L,C11D

Abstract:
A method for cleaning and/or disinfecting food processing equipment, the method comprising the steps of:(a) delivering an aqueous liquid cleaning-in-place composition in the absence of a detergent to the processing equipment at a linear velocity from about 1.5 to about 2.5 meters per second through a conduit having an inside diameter from about 0.25 cm to about 20 cm thereby allowing for cleaning and/or disinfecting the food processing equipment; and (b) removing the composition from the food processing equipment, wherein the composition is an aqueous solution comprisinga halogen dioxide, the halogen dioxide being derived from a precursor alkali metal halite or alkaline earth metal halite, or both, the food processing equpiment being brewery equipment, dairy equipment or carbonated beverage plant equipment. a halogen dioxide, the halogen dioxide being derived from a precursor alkali metal halite or alkaline earth metal halite, or both.