Patent ID: 8246906

Claim:
A method of reducing the population of one or more microbe(s) in food packaging and/or food equipment comprising: applying to the food packaging and/or food equipment a composition comprising: diluting solvent; antimicrobially-active solvent having a density different from the density of the diluting solvent and comprising ether, hydroxyether, C 1-16 protonated carboxylic acid, or mixture thereof; additional antimicrobial agent comprising carboxylic acid, active oxygen compound, or mixture thereof; and optional cosolvent, surfactant, or mixture thereof, wherein the amount of antimicrobially-active solvent or additional antimicrobial agent is sufficiently high and the amount of cosolvent or surfactant is sufficiently low so that the composition will provide greater than a 1-log order reduction in the population of spores or bacteria of Bacillus cereus within 10 seconds at 60° C.