Alternative Chemical-free
Disinfection for Food Products
From Poultry to Egg Disinfection
Food microbiology is one of the most
discussed subject within food safety.
Invisible living microorganisms are
constantly showing excellent survival
strategies beyond our expectations.
The quick and yet effective treatment
Cutting Campylobacter Numbers on of combined steam-ultrasound can
Poultry offer a broad range of solutions for
food products, including whole eggs.
Abilities such as resistant to common SonoSteam solution for poultry antibiotics and cross-resistant to decontamination was one of the chemicals and detergents, are just three strategies applied by the Food the tip of the iceberg. Researchers Standard Agency in 2014 for lowering and experts have never been clearer numbers of Campylobacter in the UK. with warning signs and strong Together with improved biosecurity recommendations, of choosing and neck skin trimming, the three alternative non-chemical solutions approaches have resulted in decreased with limited bacterial adaptation levels of Campylobacter from 30% responses. SonoSteam is a to below 10% on infectious broilers sustainable chemical free technology, with higher levels than 1,000 cfu/g. that only applies the combination of This effect was also observed on steam and ultrasound in a superfast human cases with foodborne illness, glance of previous performances.
treatment within seconds. The where 100,000 fewer cases was With SonoSteam disinfection, more
technology is already in use in several reported in 2017. Today, SonoSteam than 5 logs in Salmonella levels can
food industries for treating food has 5 installations at three different be reduced on the surface of whole
and non-food surfaces in Europe, slaughterhouses in Europe as a part of eggs in a continuous treatment of
where the use of chemicals on food farm-to-fork commitment to reduce 2 seconds with no impacts on the
products are prohibited. levels of foodborne illnesses. quality of eggs.
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The latest technology is a compact
solution for continuous disinfection
of eggs. The installation fits most
production lines and is easy to
operate. The integrated PLC system
controls the process automatically,
and the process can either be
monitored directly at the production
site or at another location via an
internet connection. The package
solution includes access to log
files and data, for a quick and easy