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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2000
Subodh Raniwala, Mundelein, IL (US);
The Quaker Oats Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system and method for sterilizing to a desired level a food packaging area or room including the associated atmosphere that can be automated is provided. The method includes introducing the sterilizing agent as an aerosol suspension into the atmosphere of the food packaging area and exposed surfaces in the area, and then distributing the sterilizing agent to contact the surfaces therein that are to be sterilized with the sterilizing agent. The method may also include condensing the aerosol suspension to form a thin liquid film containing the sterilizing agent on exposed and nonexposed surfaces in the area or room to thereby effect sterilization of those surfaces.