Cargill Inc.

Conagra, Inc.

Steven W Kirkvold

Lawrence Edward Fosdick

Eugene Joseph Fox

Chad Allen Conard

David H Scherpf

Joseph Michael Lewis

Eugene Max Peters

Eric Stanley Sumner

Riley Neil Smith

Ping Yang

Jill Louise Zullo

Andrew Hampton

David Patterson

Anthony John Schanilec

Jacob A Leland

Donald Grunig

Nicholas Wayne Bethke

Abhay R Ladhe

Hadi Nayef Yehia

Marie Khagik Costanian

Methods and apparatus for separating and removing aflatoxin-contaminated corn from batches of corn by a floating process, thus producing a distinguishable floating mat of contaminated corn and a separate submerged bed of uncontaminated and less contaminated corn. The methods of this disclosure include removing the floating contaminated corn mat by a vacuum mechanism or by liquid flow. The methods reduce the aflatoxin level in the submerged corn bed as much as 80% from the initial aflatoxin level, while removing no more than 15% from the batch of corn.

Method and apparatus for reducing aflatoxin-contaminated corn

A free-flowing, coated, frozen food and a method for making the same are disclosed. Discrete pieces of a free-flowing frozen food are introduced into a coating vessel where they are agitated to expose their surfaces and to maintain their free-flowing state throughout the coating process. A liquid coating material is sprayed onto the free-flowing pieces to cause coating material to adhere and the temperature at the surfaces of the frozen food pieces to rise. The surfaces of frozen food pieces are then recooled with a cryogen. The spraying and recooling steps are repeated until a thorough, even coating is built up on the discrete pieces of free-flowing food.

Process for making free-flowing, coated, frozen food

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Omaha, NE, United States of America

Steven W Kirkvold