Patent ID: 6927237

Claim:
An antimicrobial concentrate and instructions for mixing the concentrate with water; the concentrate consisting essentially of antimicrobial solvent and antimicrobial agent; the antimicrobial solvent being benzyl alcohol, ethylene glycol phenyl ether, propylene glycol phenyl ether, propylene carbonate, phenoxyothanol, dimethyl malonate, dimethyl succinate, diethyl succinate, dibutyl succinate, dixnethyl glutarate, diethyl glutarate, dibutyl glutarate, dimethyl adipate, diethyl adipate, dibutyl adipate, dimethyl pimelate, diethyl pimelate, dimethyl suberate, diethyl suberate, dimethyl sebacate, diethyl sebacate, or mixture thereof; the antimicrobial agent being halogen containing antimicrobial agent, peroxycarboxylic acid, carboxylic acid, or mixture thereof; the amounts of antimicrobial solvent and antimicrobial agent in the concentrate being sufficient so that when the concentrate is mixed with water according to the instructions the resulting mixture will provide greater than a 1-log order reduction in population of bacteria or spores of Bacillus cereus within 10 seconds at 60° C.