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Method for treatment of containerized foods

US6210730A · kind A · utility

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58Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 25, 1999
Grant dateApr 3, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 25, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N30/02
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for treating a perishable meat product including the steps of chilling the meat product to within a selected temperature range, exposing the chilled meat product to a chilled gas mixture containing a significant fraction of inert gas, and thereafter removing the chilled gas and exchanging that gas with a gas mixture containing a high oxygen fraction.

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