Patent ID: 6953507

Claim:
A method of cleaning and applying an antimicrobial treatment to a surface of good and beverage equipment comprising at least the following steps in sequential order: a. washing said surface with a detergent wash solution comprising an acidic detersive agent wherein the temperature of the detergent wash solution is up to about 150° F.; b. rinsing said surface with an intermediate rinse solution, wherein the temperature of the intermediate rinse solution is up to 80° F.; c. applying an antimicrobial treatment solution to said surface, the antimicrobial treatment solution comprising an active antimicrobial agent, wherein the temperature of the antimicrobial treatment solution is up to about 150° F., wherein the active microbial agent is selected from the group consisting of a percarboxylic acid, a halogen composition, a halogen donor composition, chlorine dioxide, ozone, a quarternary ammonium compound, and acid-anionic organic sulfonate, an acid-anionic organic sulfate, a protonated carboxylic acid, and mixtures thereof; and d. rinsing said surface with a final rinse solution.