Patent ID: 8951586
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: A23B,A23L,A23V,C02F

Abstract:
1. A method for extending the use of water during the production of products for human consumption, the method comprising: filling a chiller processing tank with a source of water; delivering an initial amount of peracetic acid to the chiller processing tank to provide a chiller processing bath having a starting concentration from about 10 ppm to about 230 ppm of an aqueous peracetic acid solution within the chiller processing tank; using the chiller processing bath having the aqueous peracetic acid solution for a first production day in the production of products for human consumption; shutting down production using the processing bath at the end of the first production day; retaining the chiller processing bath having the remaining aqueous peracetic acid solution within the chiller processing tank at the end of the first production day; recharging the chiller processing bath at the beginning of a next production day to the starting concentration from about 10 ppm to about 230 ppm of the aqueous peracetic acid solution; using the chiller processing bath having the aqueous peracetic acid solution for at least a portion of the next production day in the production of products for human consumption; shutting down production using the chiller processing bath at the end of the next production day; and draining the chiller processing bath from the processing tank; wherein the method extends the use of water a period of time between the filling step and the subsequent draining step, the period of time extended from more than the first production day up to seven consecutive production days before the draining step is conducted.