Process and equipment for sanitizing and packaging food using ozone

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Systems and processes are described for sanitizing a food product with ozone gas. The ozone gas is generated using a low pressure low volume ozone gas, generator and is delivered to a fluid injector. The fluid injector receives highpressure carrier fluid from a carrier fluid source and causes the ozone to be entrained in a stream of carrier fluid. The entrainment is created by passing the carrier fluid through a venturi diffuser inside the injector which creates a negative pressure in the sanitizing fluid line, thus drawing the sanitizing fluid into the carrier fluid and creating a highly homogenized fluid jet. The fluid jet is then injected into a container which contains a food product to …