Patent ID: 8577490

Claim:
A process comprising: receiving a transportation request for the shipment of a low microbial (LM) bulk flour; determining a vehicle transport period based on the transportation request, wherein the vehicle transport period begins on a load-out date and expires on a receipt date; identifying an available vehicle for the transportation period; obtaining a low microbial wash (LMW) timing threshold that is based on a predetermined microbial baseline for the LM bulk flour, wherein the LMW timing threshold is a maximum recommended amount of time between LM washes; comparing the LMW timing threshold to a LMW record for the available vehicle to determine whether the LMW record for the available vehicle is within the LMW timing threshold for the transport period; when the LMW record for the available vehicle is within the LMW timing threshold for the transport period, qualifying the available vehicle for the shipment of the LM bulk flour; and when the LMW record for the available vehicle is not within the LMW timing threshold for the transport period, causing a LMW process to be performed, wherein the LMW process includes: removing vessel accessibility components from the vehicle, subjecting the vessel accessibility components to a sanitary solution bath, securing spinners to hopper openings of the vehicle, actuating the spinners by forcing sanitary solution through the spinners to cause dispersion of the sanitary solution within the interior of the vehicle, and qualifying the vehicle for the shipment of the LM bulk flour.