Patent ID: 8003823

Claim:
A process for controlling odor being emitted by an odor causing material which comprises treating the material with a solution containing an effective amount of a halo active aromatic sulfonamide compound having the formula: wherein X is a halogen; R 3 is hydrogen, methyl, or COOM; R 1 , R 2 , R 4 , and R 5 are independently selected from hydrogen, COOH, an ester or alkylated amide, COOM, CN, NO 2 , SO 3 H, a halogen, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a sulfonamide, a halosulfonamide, or a straight or branched aliphatic C 1-12 moiety which may be substituted; R 1 , R 2 , R 4 and R 5 are other than all hydrogen; and M is an alkali or alkaline earth metal.