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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2011
Timothy A. Gutzmann, Eagan, MN (US);
Brian J. Anderson, Robbinsdale, MN (US);
Pamela J. Reed, St. Paul, MN (US);
Bruce R. Cords, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Lawrence A. Grab, Woodbury, MN (US);
Edward H. Richardson, Columbia Heights, MN (US);
Timothy A. Gutzmann, Eagan, MN (US);
Brian J. Anderson, Robbinsdale, MN (US);
Pamela J. Reed, St. Paul, MN (US);
Bruce R. Cords, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Lawrence A. Grab, Woodbury, MN (US);
Edward H. Richardson, Columbia Heights, MN (US);
Ecolab USA Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Described is a method of sanitizing animal carcasses using aqueous streams having an antimicrobial composition added to the stream. Preferably, the antimicrobial composition includes a mixture of one or more carboxylic acids having up to 18 carbon atoms and one or more peroxycarboxylic acids having up to 12 carbon atoms, preferably a mixture of a C-Cperoxycarboxylic acid and a C-Cperoxycarboxylic acid. Also described is a novel antimicrobial composition adapted for sanitizing animal carcasses containing a mixture of one or more C-Cperoxycarboxylic acids and one or more C-Cperoxycarboxylic acids and an alpha-hydroxy mono- or dicarboxylic acid.