METHOD FOR THE PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT OF A FOOD PRODUCT SILO

• Main Authors: PASCAL Jean-Philippe, PATAT Olivier
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.10.2017
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; FISHING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING

A method for the prophylactic treatment of the development of parasites in a food product storage silo, the food product storage generating the deposit of food product scraps and/or dust on the walls of the silo, said prophylactic treatment method comprising the application, to at least one part of the walls, of a layer comprising at least 10 g of mineral per m2 of wall, the mineral being chosen from: an alkali metal bicarbonate, an alkaline-earth metal carbonate, an alkali metal sulphate, an alkaline-earth metal sulphate, an alkaline-earth metal oxide, and mixtures thereof; the mineral being in the form of particles having an average diameter of at most 200 μm; and said method being characterized in that the application of the layer is carried out after emptying of the silo, on food product scraps and/or dust deposited on the walls of the silo.