Patent ID: 8206647

Claim:
In a process for cleaning-in-place at least a portion of a beverage processing system wherein said process uses an overall total volume of water and said process comprises the steps of (a) delivering an amount of an aqueous rinse through said portion of said beverage processing system and then (b) delivering an amount of an aqueous disinfectant solution through said portion of said beverage processing system, said amount of said aqueous rinse and said amount of said aqueous disinfectant solution together being effective to obtain a level of microbial control therein, the improvement comprising reducing said overall total volume of water used in said process and reducing said amount of said aqueous disinfectant solution used in step (b) without reducing said level of microbial control by using an electrochemically-activated water anolyte solution as said aqueous disinfectant solution in step (b) and further reducing said overall total volume of water used in said process and reducing said amount of said aqueous rinse used in step (a) without reducing said level of microbial control by using an aqueous electrochemically-activated water anolyte dilution as said aqueous rinse in step (a).