Patent ID: 6475961
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: C10M

Abstract:
A lubricant composition comprising:(a) food machinery lubricant comprising at least one of oils and greases; and (b) antimicrobially effective amount of an antimicrobial agent comprising at least one of polyhalides, interhalides, iodophores, percarboxylic acids, quaternary compounds, and mixtures thereof, wherein the antimicrobial agent exhibits a partition coefficient between water and said food machinery lubricant of between about 0.01 and about 1,000 and said lubricant composition provides at least a two log reduction in bacteria in water in about two weeks or at least a two log reduction in mold and yeast in water in about one month from a concentration of bacteria of between 105 and 106 CFU/ml and a mold and yeast concentration of between 105 and 106 CFU/ml.