Rhodia Limited

Rhone-poulenc, Inc.

William E Swartz

James Thomas Elfstrum

Fredric G Bender

Craig Alan Hoppe

Jeffrey L Leech

John Toczek

Clark G Hartford

Phosphate is recovered from waste. Trialkali metal orthophosphate used to reduce, remove or retard bacterial contamination during raw meat slaughter including poultry, fish and shellfish and red meat evisceration is recovered from an aqueous waste and recycled as a food additive for animal feed. The waste water containing the phosphate can be collected and mixed with offal during processing of the offal or may be concentrated and blended with the offal as feed for animals or may be reacted with an alkaline earth metal salt and concentrated and used as a calcium and phosphate supplement for animal feed. Trisodium orthophosphate is reacted with calcium chloride and the resulting precipitate removed from the aqueous stream by filtration or centrifugation or other means for separation. The precipitate is then added to offal during processing for animal feed or dried sterilized and sold as an animal feed mineral supplement.

Conservation of orthophosphate waste for preparing an animal feed

Functionally modified guar products are provided, particularly for food grade applications, which are characterized by reduced viscosity, low ash and high fiber content, and are prepared by a high shear treatment under acid conditions at elevated temperature.

Reduced viscosity, low ash modified guar and process for producing same

Food-compositions that are high in unsaturated fats and lipids which renders them prone to a short shelf life due to the development of rancid taste and off-color from the exposure to ultraviolet light are protected therefrom through the addition of an effective amount of tricalcium phosphate. The UV blocking agent can also be incorporated in the clear plastic packaging, glass and film wrap thereby shielding the food therein from the ultraviolet light in this manner.

Method for preventing spoilage, rancidity, and off-color by using a

Increased shelf-life is obtained by treating poultry carcasses with a treatment solution containing an alkali metal orthophosphate, e.g., trisodium orthophosphate, prior to chilling.

Process for treating poultry carcasses to increase shelf-life

An apparatus used for reducing the amount of pathogenic bacteria associated with a bird or other edible animal, and preferably chickens, comprising: (a) a unit having an interior portion having side and bottom walls, an exterior portion having side and bottom walls and end walls connecting said interior portion to said exterior portion wherein the area of said interior portion provides a space which completely surrounds one or more of the birds or animals being treated; (b) one or more deluge nozzles mounted within said interior portion of said unit and connected to a source of a bacteria reducing chemical solution to enable the bacteria reducing chemical solution to be applied to the entire interior of the body cavity of the bird or animal being treated; (c) one or more spray nozzles mounted within said interior portion of said unit and connected to a source of a bacteria reducing chemical solution to enable the bacteria reducing chemical solution to be applied to the entire external surfaces of the bird or animal being treated; (d) one or more lines for connecting said one or more deluge nozzles and said one or more spray nozzles to the source of the bacteria reducing chemical solution; and (e) one or more connectors for connecting the exterior portion or end walls of said unit to an existing overhead conveyor located within the facility where the bird or animal is being treated; and the process for using the apparatus are provided.

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Cranbury, NJ, United States of America

William E Swartz