Patent ID: RE40050

Claim:
A method for cleaning and/or disinfecting food processing equipment, the method comprising the steps of: (a) delivering an aqueous liquid cleaning-in-place composition in the absence of a detergent to the processing equipment at a minimum linear velocity from about 1.5 to about 2.5 meters per second through a conduit having an inside diameter from about 0.25 cm to about 20 cm thereby allowing for cleaning and/or disinfecting the food processing equipment; and (b) removing and/or eliminating the composition from the said food processing equipment, wherein the composition is an aqueous solution comprising a halogen dioxide, the halogen dioxide being derived from a precursor alkali metal halite or alkaline earth metal halite, or both, the food processing equipment being brewery equipment, dairy equipment or carbonated beverage plant equipment. a halogen dioxide, the halogen dioxide being derived from a precursor alkali metal halite or alkaline earth metal halite, or both.