Treatment With Ultraviolet Or Visible Light Patents (Class 426/248)
  • Patent number: 11985996
    Abstract: A low sodium salt product for curing meats is provided. The low sodium salt product for curing meats includes sodium chloride; a sodium chloride replacing material selected from the group consisting of potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, ammonium chloride, magnesium sulphate and combinations thereof; at least one flavorant; at least one nitrite; and a phosphate flavor stabilizing agent present in an amount to inhibit the reaction of the at least one flavorant and the at least one nitrite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: GIVAUDAN SA
    Inventors: Karen Van Dam, Christian Aulenbacher, Stephan Haiber, Susanna Magdalena Vorster
  • Patent number: 11684071
    Abstract: Vitamin C is one of the nutrient for which health claims are allowed. Tomato is, after onion, the most produced and consumed vegetable in the world. It is also for a number of country a very important crop. Increasing vitamin C in tomato can have major health impact. Vitamin C can be increasing with light during the growth of tomato. Disclosed are more practical solutions to increase the vitamin C during transport or storage, simplifying the process and allowing a better logistic in the tomato food chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Celine Catherine Sarah Nicole
  • Patent number: 11678652
    Abstract: The present invention is about turning the gaseous envelope that encoats, protects certain arthropods from their external environment against them. It teaches to apply radiation to the arthropods body in order to dysfunction the exacting geometry needed to maintain this protective envelope. This absorbed radiation thus makes the arthropod vulnerable to pesticides and other chemical agents. It also interferes with the arthropods ability to adequately breathe through their plastron covering by forcing it to increase its rate of metabolism via this absorbed radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventor: Gordon Wayne Dyer
  • Patent number: 11596159
    Abstract: A meat-aging apparatus is disclosed. The meat-aging apparatus comprises: a photographing unit for photographing meat stored in the meat-aging apparatus; an illumination unit for irradiating light to the meat; a storage unit for storing recipe information for aging the meat according to the type or state of the meat; and a processor for determining the type or state of the meat on the basis of a photographed image, and controlling the illumination unit to irradiate light to the meat according to the recipe information corresponding to the determined type or state of the meat in order to age the meat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-wook Park, Soon-cheol Kweon, Jin-hoon Kim, Hong-il Kim, Han-gil Moon, Ji-hwan Woo
  • Patent number: 11473041
    Abstract: A method for rapidly aging a beverage in dry conditions may include removing a cork covering from a bottle plugged with a cork, wherein the bottle houses a volume of the beverage; applying a spring return device to the cork to prevent the cork from pushing into the bottle during aging; placing the bottle into a bag and sealing the bag; placing the bagged bottle into a pressure vessel; pressurizing the pressure vessel and allowing the bagged bottle to age within the pressure vessel for a desired period of time; depressurizing the pressure vessel; and removing the bottle from the pressure vessel and from the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Eric P Goggans
  • Patent number: 11369119
    Abstract: A system to control the conditions of an aging room, also known as a conditioned space, for products in which independent feedback loops control the dry bulb temperature and the dew point while controlling the difference between the vapor pressure in the room and the vapor pressure of the products being dried, thereby controlling the amount of and rate of water or water vapor loss of the products and, therefore controlling its quality, the system also including target controls, a thermoelectric cooler and lighting controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventor: David Sandelman
  • Patent number: 11156970
    Abstract: An appliance includes a temperature control system, a light source, and a spectrometer. The spectrometer works in conjunction with the light source to obtain a measured value of a foodstuff. The measured value is at least one of an absorbance value, a transmittance value, and a reflectance value. The measured value from the foodstuff is compared to a reference value for the foodstuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua George Abdoo, Ariana M. Bruno, Kevin M. Chase, Rahul Dudhe, Neomar Giacomini, Aravind Nagarajan, Maria Paola Pirovano, Joel Matthew Sells, Aaron Edward Showers
  • Patent number: 11154010
    Abstract: Provided are a system, method(s), and apparatus for automatically harvesting mushrooms from a mushroom bed. The system, in one implementation, may be referred to herein as an “automated harvester”, having at least an apparatus/frame/body/structure for supporting and positioning the harvester on a mushroom bed, a vision system for scanning and identifying mushrooms in the mushroom bed, a picking system for harvesting the mushrooms from the bed, and a control system for directing the picking system according to data acquired by the vision system. Various other components, sub-systems, and connected systems may also be integrated into or coupled to the automated harvester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Mycionics Inc.
    Inventors: Murray Good, Stefan Glibetic, Nikita Kuchinskiy, Mehrdad Kermani, Scott Hayden, John Phan
  • Patent number: 10986852
    Abstract: Methods and systems for making and bottling a juice containing beverage in sealed containers are disclosed. The systems and methods may be performed without using heat-based or pressure-based pasteurization, and yet are still safe to consume and have a commercially viable shelf-life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SOL-TI, INC.
    Inventor: Ryne O'Donnell
  • Patent number: 10959441
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating unwashed fruit with fruit bloom that provide a first ultraviolet (UV) energy with one or more flashes using a first set of one or more flash lamps to a first surface of each of a plurality of blueberries and provide a second UV energy with one or more flashes using a second set of one or more flash lamps to a second surface of each of the plurality of blueberries. The system determines a fruit bloom level associated with the plurality of blueberries after provision of the first and second UV energies and determines an adjustment to a parameter of at least one of the first and second UV energies based on the fruit bloom level. The system provides UV energy with the adjusted parameter to a subsequent set of blueberries to remove microorganisms from the blueberries while retaining fruit bloom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Xenon Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan Hathaway, Roger Williams, Saad Ahmed
  • Patent number: 10952448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing the concentration of Gram-negative bacteria in a food product, the method comprising adding a red wine extract produced from red wine by dealcoholization, concentration and drying, and a culture comprising at least one class IIa bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacterial strain to a food product, ripening the food product, and storing the food product at a temperature of at the most 15° C. until a concentration less than 1 E-1 of Gram-negative bacteria. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, Gram-negative bacteria already present are eliminated. In one embodiment of the invention, the Gram-negative bacteria are Salmonella ssp. The bacteriocin-producing culture may comprise at least one of Lactobacillus curvatus (DSM 18775) and Pediococcus acidilactici (DSM 28307).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: CHR. HANSEN A/S
    Inventors: Michael Erkes, Tim Martin Seibert
  • Patent number: 10798949
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wafer product decorating apparatus comprising a laser, a collimator, at least one galvanometer driven mirror, and an aspheric scan lens, the apparatus being positionable relative to the wafer product to be decorated wherein the apparatus is configured to provide a laser beam having a spot size of from 100 to 750 ?m in diameter on the surface of the product to be decorated and a substantially flat focal plane, characterised in that the focal plane has a depth of field of from 5 mm to 20 mm and that the focal plane of the laser beam is from 5 mm to 30 mm above or below the surface of the product to be decorated. The invention also provides a process for decorating a wafer product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: James Richard Hughes Leach, Jonathan David Morley
  • Patent number: 10674752
    Abstract: A system to control the conditions of an aging room for food in which independent feedback loops control the dry bulb temperature and the dew point while controlling the difference between the vapor pressure in the room and the vapor pressure of the food stuff being aged, thereby controlling the “aging” of the food stuff and its quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: JDS Consulting
    Inventor: David Sandelman
  • Patent number: 10517976
    Abstract: Ultraviolet radiation is directed within an area. The target wavelength ranges and/or target intensity ranges of the ultraviolet radiation sources can correspond to at least one of a plurality of selectable operating configurations including a sterilization operating configuration and a preservation operating configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shur, Maxim S. Shatalov, Timothy James Bettles, Yuri Bilenko, Alexander Dobrinsky, Remigijus Gaska
  • Patent number: 10077127
    Abstract: The present application disclosed a method for sterilizing flexible containers using a flexible container sterilizing arrangement. Such containers may comprise bags, pouches, or similar containers. The method comprises moving container material, using a conveying arrangement of the flexible container sterilizing arrangement, through an entry port into a housing of the flexible container sterilizing arrangement. The entry port is formed by a container-material sterilizing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Matheyka
  • Patent number: 9210944
    Abstract: A physical method for maintaining the freshness of vegetables and fruits via the technology of the optical signal and optical signal generator are disclosed. By adopting the computer programmable pulsed scanning signal generator, it controls the light-emitting device mounted with red, green and blue light sources group to generate optical signal with pulsed or pulsed periodical scanning combined spectrum. The optical signal irradiates the fresh-cut fruits and vegetables preserved in the storage assembly at room temperature or at controlled temperature and humidity. By regulating the optical signal with periodical pulsed spectrum or pulsed scanning spectrum or periodical pulsed scanning combined spectrum, the irradiated vegetables and fruits obtain photon energy needed in light reactions of photosynthesis from the lighting environment of artificial optical signal which is in bright and dark periodic variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Inventors: Yu Chen, Xin Chen, Jing Li Chen
  • Patent number: 9179703
    Abstract: Ultraviolet radiation is directed within an area. The target wavelength ranges and/or target intensity ranges of the ultraviolet radiation sources can correspond to at least one of a plurality of selectable operating configurations including a sterilization operating configuration and a preservation operating configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shur, Maxim Shatalov, Timothy James Bettles, Yuri Bilenko, Saulius Smetona, Alexander Dobrinsky, Remigijus Gaska
  • Publication number: 20150118371
    Abstract: A process for producing frozen untapped young coconut water inside its carved young tender meat. The packaged frozen young untapped coconut water inside its very own carved young tender coconut meat comprises two freezing steps wherein the prepackaged product is frozen before packaging and sealing in a packaging cup and frozen again in a standard freezer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Alvin Velasco
  • Publication number: 20150110932
    Abstract: An electrical discharge plasma reactor system for inactivating one or more pathogens in a liquid. The reactor system includes a reactor chamber configured to hold the liquid, a silver discharge electrode and a non-discharge electrode disposed within the reactor chamber such that the two electrodes are in spaced, conductive communication when the liquid is inside the reactor chamber, and a power supply connected to at least one of the discharge and non-discharge electrodes and configured to induce the discharge electrode to generate plasma to at least partially inactivate one or more pathogens in the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: CLARKSON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Selma Mededovic Thagard, Shane Rogers
  • Patent number: 9005406
    Abstract: A method and a system for producing a change in a medium. The method places in a vicinity of the medium at least one energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the energy modulation agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Immunolight, LLC
    Inventor: Frederic A. Bourke, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150093479
    Abstract: A birch sap beverage having an extended shelf life and process for the manufacture thereof in which a birch sap is adjusted to a standard pre-determined Brix value and then subjected to either (a) ultra-high temperature (UHT) pasteurization followed with aseptic packaging (b) packaging followed by UHT. Additional birch sap products having extended shelf life are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Paolo Cugnasca, Michael L. Farrell
  • Patent number: 8940345
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for treating food products, such as any species of meat (beef, pork or lamb) and ground beef, being transported in a fluid, such as carbonic acid liquid carbon dioxide, at a pressure sufficient to maintain the carbon dioxide as a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: SafeFresh Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony J. M. Garwood
  • Publication number: 20150024096
    Abstract: A method and means is provided for extending the shelf life of a food product by successively subjecting the food product to UV germicidal irradiation and an ozone/water or ozone/air treatment. The UV unit and the ozone unit may be reversed so that the food product is first treated with the ozone and then subjected to the UV germicidal irradiation treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Leslie D. LEECH, Shawn M. PALANDRI
  • Publication number: 20140328985
    Abstract: A fluid steriliser comprising a fluid duct having a UV transmissive wall providing a surface area for irradiation, wherein the cross section of the duct is between 1×10?4 m2 and 5×10?2 m2 and the thickness of the duct defines the depth of fluid flow adjacent the UV transmissive wall of no more than 50mm; a source of UV radiation arranged to irradiate fluid flowing in the duct through the UV transmissive wall such that the UV radiation incident on fluid in the duct has a UV power density; a plurality of mixing stages configured to provide turbulent flow in the fluid and spaced apart along the length of the duct wherein the segments of the duct between the mixing stages are arranged to provide flow adjacent the UV transmissive wall; a flow control means arranged to control the linear speed of fluid flow along the duct based on the length of the duct and the UV power density so that at least 300 Joules of UV energy per square metre of the surface area for irradiation is provided to the fluid during the dwell tim
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: STERIFLOW LIMITED
    Inventor: Malcolm Robert Snowball
  • Patent number: 8859025
    Abstract: A method for separating fat particles from lean particles. The method includes providing a mixture comprising a fluid, fat particles, and lean particles; introducing the mixture to an inlet of a chamber, wherein the chamber has an upper outlet and a lower outlet distal to the inlet; irradiating the mixture with UVc energy as the mixture is transferred through the chamber; allowing particles less dense than the fluid to be carried out from the chamber through the upper outlet; and allowing the particles more dense than the fluid to be carried out from the chamber through the lower outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Safefresh Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony J. M. Garwood
  • Publication number: 20140272030
    Abstract: A method and a system for producing a change in a medium. The method places in a vicinity of the medium an energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The energy modulation agent has a normal predominant emission of radiation in a first wavelength range outside of a second wavelength range (WR2) known to produce the change, but under exposure to the applied initiation energy produces the change. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the energy modulation agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: IMMUNOLIGHT, LLC.
    Inventors: Frederic Avery Bourke, JR., Zakaryae Fathi, Harold Walder, Wayne F. Beyer, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140255570
    Abstract: A fluid treatment apparatus for sterilizing drinks comprises an elongated tubular duct (110) and an elongated UV light source (111) extending longitudinally along the duct (110). The fluid flows longitudinally along the duct (110) in a thin annular low passage (114) which extends around the UV light source (111). A mixing device (112), disposed between adjacent longitudinal portions of the duct (110), diverts the fluid from a first portion of the passage (114) through fluid mixing means (113, 116) in the device (112) and returns the mixed fluid to a second portion of the passage (114). Micro-organisms in the fluid flow are killed as they come close to the light source (111). The mixing device (112) mixes the flow and returns it to the flow passage (114). A plurality of mixing devices along the duct (110) increases the likelihood that microorganisms receive a sufficient lethal dose of UV radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Steriflow Limited
    Inventor: Malcolm Robert Snowball
  • Publication number: 20140248404
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for increasing Vitamin D content in dried mushroom powder irradiates the powder with UV light with wavelengths in the range of about 200 to about 800 nanometers. The powder may be conveyed into the light chamber with a vibratory conveyor. The irradiated mushroom powder has an elevated Vitamin D2 level of at least 14,000 IU/gram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Oakshire Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. CHALUPA, Gary M. SHROEDER
  • Publication number: 20140227405
    Abstract: The present document describes a process for the sterilization and/or pasteurization of sap without denaturing polyphenols and other ingredients present therein, and a sap product prepared from the processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: FEDERATION DES PRODUCTEURS ACERICOLES DU QUEBEC
    Inventors: Geneviève Béland, Julie Barbeau
  • Publication number: 20140186500
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides devices for reducing the microbial load on objects (e.g., edible plant matter). In certain aspects, the devices include a UV light source and at least a portion of a tumbler composed of a UV light transmissive material. Aspects of the invention also include methods for reducing the microbial load on an object using a UV light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventor: Sangwei Lu
  • Publication number: 20140154374
    Abstract: A birch sap beverage having an extended shelf life and process for the manufacture thereof in which a birch sap is adjusted to a standard pre-determined Brix value and then subjected to either (a) ultra-high temperature (UHT) pasteurization followed with aseptic packaging (b) packaging followed by UHT. Additional birch sap products having extended shelf life are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: FERONIA HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Paolo Cugnasca, Michael Farrell
  • Publication number: 20140134307
    Abstract: A method and a system for producing a change in a medium. The method places in a vicinity of the medium at least one energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the energy modulation agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: IMMUNOLIGHT, LLC.
    Inventor: Frederic A. BOURKE, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140088049
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for increasing Vitamin D content in mushrooms is disclosed. A mushroom slurry of comminuted or pulverized mushrooms or mushroom parts and liquid, such as water, is passed under a UV light source and subjected to one or more pulses of UV light. The slurry may be conveyed to the UV light source by a vibrating conveyor. After UV light exposure, the treated slurry may be dried and ground into a powder, or the treated slurry may be filtered and the insoluble portion may be dried and ground into a powder. The irradiated mushroom powder has a mass fraction of Vitamin D2 of at least 2500 IU/gram of powder, and more preferably at least 20,000 IU/gram of powder. Irradiated mushroom powder may be incorporated into consumable food product for humans or animals, and/or may be incorporated into topical preparations for cosmetic use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Oakshire Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Chalupa, Gary M. Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20140044842
    Abstract: A maple sap beverage having an extended shelf life and process for the manufacture thereof in which a maple sap is adjusted to a standard pre-determined Brix value and then subjected to either (a) ultra-high temperature (UHT) pasteurization followed with aseptic packaging or (b) packaging followed by UHT. Additional maple sap products having extended shelf life are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: FERONIA HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Paolo Cugnasca, Michael Farrell
  • Publication number: 20140037806
    Abstract: A method for separating fat particles from lean particles. The method includes providing a mixture comprising a fluid, fat particles, and lean particles; introducing the mixture to an inlet of a chamber, wherein the chamber has an upper outlet and a lower outlet distal to the inlet; irradiating the mixture with UVc energy as the mixture is transferred through the chamber; allowing particles less dense than the fluid to be carried out from the chamber through the upper outlet; and allowing the particles more dense than the fluid to be carried out from the chamber through the lower outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAFEFRESH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony J.M. Garwood
  • Publication number: 20140017364
    Abstract: Methods of processing four-legged animals are described. The methods comprise contacting a carcass of an animal, after exsanguination, with a microbiocidal solution, and/or contacting at least one raw meat product and/or at least one processed meat product derived from the carcass with a microbiocidal solution. Each microbiocidal solution is, independently, comprised of: water having a bromine residual derived from (a) (i) at least one bromine source, (ii) at least one alkali metal base, and/or at least one alkaline earth metal base, and (iii) at least one halogen stabilizer; (b) (i) at least one alkali metal bromide, and/or at least one alkaline earth metal bromide, and (ii) at least one alkali metal hypohalite and/or at least one alkaline earth metal hypohalite; or (c) a mixture or combination of one or more of (a) and/or (b); the bromine residual in each (a), (b), and (c) sufficient to provide microbiocidal activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Albemarle Corporation
    Inventor: Eric W. Liimatta
  • Publication number: 20140010930
    Abstract: The present document describes an apparatus, and processes for the sterilization and/or pasteurization of sap without denaturing polyphenols and other ingredients present therein, and a sap product prepared from the processes
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: FEDERATION DES PRODUCTEURS ACERICOLES DU QUEBEC
    Inventors: Julie Barbeau, Geneviève Béland
  • Publication number: 20130337121
    Abstract: Devices and methods for preserving food are provided. The device comprises a container configured to contain the food, a photocatalyst layer disposed in the container, a light source attached to the container, and a coil configured to receive radio waves or electromagnetic radiation and provide an electric current to the light source, the coil being attached to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: Shigeo Sugano, Takahisa Kusuura
  • Publication number: 20130323374
    Abstract: A method for producing lean beef, tallow, and lean finely textured beef (LFTB). The method includes combining a mixture of fat particles that are a majority of fat and lean particles that are a majority of lean beef with a fluid, wherein a density of the fluid is greater than a density of the fat particles; collecting the fat particles separate from the lean particles by causing the fat particles to rise in the fluid; emulsifying the fat particles into an emulsification containing solids; heating the emulsification to destroy microorganisms and render the fat into tallow; separating the solids from the tallow, wherein the solids produced are lean finely textured beef (LFTB); and treating the separated lean particles with supercritical carbon dioxide, and producing lean beef of about or greater than 90% fat content, wherein the fat particles and the lean particles are separately treated to reduce microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: SAFEFRESH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony J.M. Garwood
  • Publication number: 20130323375
    Abstract: A method for sterilizing fruits and vegetables includes irradiating a surface of fruits and vegetables with UVA, while the surface of the fruits and vegetables is in contact with chlorine water containing sodium hypochlorite having a chlorine concentration of 5 ppm or more. According to the method for sterilizing fruits and vegetables, the fruits and vegetables can be quite efficiently sterilized by chlorine water having a quite low concentration, that is 5 ppm or more, slightly higher than that of tap water. Further, multiplication of bacteria in the sterilized fruits and vegetables can be effectively prevented, while a residual chlorine concentration in the sterilized fruits and vegetables is significantly reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: The University Of Tokushima
    Inventors: Akira Takahashi, Yohsuke Kinouchi, Masatake Akutagawa, Xin Lian
  • Patent number: 8597705
    Abstract: Method for making decontaminated bakery products, including the following, preferably consecutive, steps: (1) preparing a dough by mixing: A. flour; B. water; C. optionally fat(s); D. at least one fermentation agent; E. NaCl; F. optionally sugar(s); G. at least one filler agent; H. at least one bread-making enhancer including an acid and/or acid salt of gluconodelta-lactone (GDL); I. optionally one low sodium content mixture of minerals; J. optionally one or more additives; (2) shaping the dough; (3) fermenting the dough; (4) at least partially baking the dough; (5) optionally cooling the bread; (6) decontaminating the bread by pumped-light processing; (7) optionally slicing the bread; packaging, preferably into bags. Also disclosed is a bakery product free of any additional chemical preservatives of the E200 type or without vaporization of an ethanol-containing liquid, that has an extended shelf-life, and a device for implementing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Jacquet Panification
    Inventors: Elodie Hellaby, Jean-Luc Thiaudiere
  • Publication number: 20130295247
    Abstract: A display for supporting produce generating ethylene gas as the produce ripens includes a surface for supporting the produce, a blower positioned in communication with the produce to move a gas containing at least a portion of the ethylene gas from the produce and an ethylene scrubber positioned in communication with the produce and in a flow path of the gas. The ethylene scrubber removes the at least a portion of the ethylene from the gas. The display does not include a refrigeration system such that a life of the produce is lengthened without use of refrigeration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Antonin Ryska, Marketa Kopecka, Lubos Forejt, John M. Roche, Daniel Zmola, Michal Kolda
  • Patent number: 8545915
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for increasing Vitamin D content in mushrooms irradiates the mushroom(s) for a duration of up to six seconds with one or more pulses of light with wavelengths in the range of about 200 to about 1000 nanometers. The light is emitted by an electric glow discharge lamp, such as a xenon lamp, that emits ultra-violet light. The intensity of the light is such that after irradiation the mushrooms have a Vitamin D2 content of at least about 400 IU/84 g of mushrooms, which is 100% Daily Value of recommended Vitamin D for human consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Oakshire Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary M. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 8501257
    Abstract: A pomegranate sprout preparation is disclosed. Methods of producing pomegranate sprouts and pomegranate sprout preparation as well as food or feed products comprising same are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization, (A.R.O.), Volcani Center
    Inventors: Yakov Vinokur, Victor Rodov, Batia Horev, Genady Goldman, Nehemia Aharoni
  • Patent number: 8492444
    Abstract: A biogenic silica from a plant material such as rice hulls, rice straw and so forth containing a significant amount of silica for use as an anti-caking agent, excipient or flavor carrier. When the plant material is certified as organic, the silica may also be certified as organic. The plant material is ground and the silica may be concentrated by carbon reduction through enzymatic treatment or burning. In some instances an antimicrobial treatment of the silica may be beneficial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Inventors: Neal A. Hammond, J. Steve Peirce
  • Publication number: 20130156907
    Abstract: A process for sanitizing objects is comprised of the steps of: (1) contacting the object with a dry fog in an enclosed sanitization zone wherein the dry fog is comprised of droplets having a diameter of 4-5 microns and wherein the droplets comprise an aqueous solution of a sanitizing agent for a time sufficient to produce a substantially dry sanitized object and a residual amount of dry fog; (2) removing the substantially dry, sanitized product from the enclosed zone while simultaneously removing the residual dry fog and passing the residual dry fog through a treatment zone whereby unreacted sanitizing agent is removed from the dry fog. The disclosed process yields substantially dry sanitized objects that do not require rinsing with water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: BIOSAFE SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventor: Robert Larose
  • Patent number: 8455029
    Abstract: A decrease in the biological activity of the proteins and hormones present in milk, which have been implicated in certain cancers, is accomplished by exposing the hormones and proteins to ultraviolet irradiation of at least 5,000 joules/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Inventor: Robert Bibb
  • Publication number: 20130138183
    Abstract: The use of humic acids, zeolites, magnesium oxide beads and other mineral-containing materials in the activation of ethanol, alcoholic beverages and water is disclosed. Consumption of the energized liquids can have therapeutic benefits. The activated ethanol can be further used with neutral red dye and ultraviolet (UV) light illumination to indirectly enhance the environmental energy absorption properties of other liquids, including drinking water and of mineral containing materials. Mineral activated ethanol can similarly be used with neutral red dye and UV illumination to enhance the alternative cellular energy (ACE) pathway of an individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventor: William John Martin
  • Publication number: 20130122159
    Abstract: The present disclosure employs two principles: The first principle consists of producing a great and sudden decompression which causes a great and sudden expansion of the gases present in the cytoplasmic and organelle liquids of the contaminative organisms, thereby causing the death of the contaminative organisms. This process can be accomplished at low temperatures near the freezing points of the liquids to be treated, thereby preserving all the molecules of the nutrients that get lost with the higher temperature used in the pasteurization process. The second principle consists of subjecting the liquids to be treated, conformed in droplets or fine sprays, to great linear or rotatory accelerations, or both, which can reach up to 1,000 times the gravitational acceleration on Earth's surface, through frontal, tangential or oblique shocks. These shocks have lethal effects on the cell membranes, organelles and, mainly, cytoskeleton and organelle architecture of the contaminative organism cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventor: Francisco José Duarte Vieira
  • Publication number: 20130102054
    Abstract: A method and a system for producing a change in a medium. The method places in a vicinity of the medium at least one energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the energy modulation agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: Immunolight, LLC
    Inventor: Immunolight, LLC