Method and apparatus for aseptically processing a food product
CA 1297337 C · Owner: Mcfarlane, Donald P. · Inventors: Athey, Roderick E.; Mcfarlane, Donald P.
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Abstract of the Disclosure A method and apparatus are disclosed for continuously and gently aseptically processing a food product comprising delicate food chunks of fruit vegetables or the like immersed in a liquid. The apparatus comprises a heating enclosure into which the food product and a nonsterile gas are introduced and the food product heated to a sterilization temperature, a holding enclosure for holding the food product and a sterile gas introduced therein at the sterilization temperature for a predetermined time and preferably a cooling enclosure for cooling the food product. The heating, holding and cooling enclosures are preferably provided with rotatable helical feed pumps in …
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- Granted March 17, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 17, 2009.
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