Patent ID: 6723364
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: A01N,A23B,A23L

Abstract:
Process for the thermal fogging of a non-aqueous liquid composition for the treatment of fruit and vegetables, using a liquid treatment composition which comprises:from 80 to 100% by weight of an active principle selected from the group consisting of eugenol, an eugenol salt which is acceptable in foodstuffs, isoeugenol, an isoeugenol salt which is acceptable in foodstuffs and their mixtures; from 0% to 10% by weight of non-ionic surfactant; and from 0 to 10% by weight of solvent, wherein a thermal fogging mist is produced, from the composition, composed of droplets exhibiting a temperature of 200 to 280Â° C. which are driven with a linear velocity of between 110 and 140 m/s.