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Methods for presevation of foodstuffs

US5034235A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 8, 1989
Grant dateJul 23, 1991
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Expiry dateJun 8, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23B2/50
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Methods for food product preservation by inactivation of microorganisms and/or enzymes by applying pulses of very intense, very short duration pulses of light in the visible and near visible frequencies to the surface of food products to be preserved. Also disclosed are packaging methods and apparatus utilizing such intense, short pulses of polychromatic, incoherent light.

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