VERFAHREN ZUM KONSERVIEREN VON NAHRUNGSMITTELN

• Main Authors: PEARLMAN, JAY, S., RANCHO PALOS VERDE, CA 92008, BOYER, KEITH, LOS ALAMOS, NM 87544, ASMUS, JOHN, FREDERICH, LA JOLLA, CA 92037, DUNN, JOSEPH, EDWARD, RANCHO LA COSTA, CA 92008, CLARK, REGINALD, WAYNE, DEL MAR, CA 92014, PAINCHAUD, FRANCOIS, CHARLESBOURG QUEBEC G1H IR9, HOFMANN, GUNTER, A., SAN DIEGO, CA 92109
• Format: Patent
• Language: German
• Published: 19.05.1994
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; CONVEYING; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; STORING; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING; UNPACKING

Methods and apparatus for food product preservation by inactivation of microorganisms and/or enzymes by applying pulses of very intense, very short duration pulses of light in the visible and near visible frequencies to the surface of food products to be preserved. Also disclosed are packaging methods and apparatus utilizing such intense, short pulses of polychromatic, incoherent light.