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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Louis S Polster, Alexandria, VA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426614 ; 99453 ; 99468 ; 99483 ; 426521 ;
Abstract
In a method and control system for controlling pasteurization of in-shell eggs, the internal temperature of the eggs, at least one log kill rate of Salmonella based on the internal temperature of the eggs and a cumulative log kill of Salmonella as a function of the log kill rate and time are at least periodically determined. The cumulative log kill is at least periodically compared to at least one predetermined value, and a signal is generated when a predetermined relationship arises between the cumulative log kill and the predetermined value(s).