Pathogen Management System

(Patent # 6,605,308)

"For your total Plant Pathogen Management"

Converting the Chlorinated Solution to 98% effective Hypochlorous Acid

"The Cleanest Carcasses in the Industry"

Advantages

• Most efficient use of Hypochlorous Acid (chlorine)
• Attacks Pathogens at multiple points
• No additional chemicals that are not presently being used in the plant
• Approved by USDA for online re-processing (orp)
• Great pH Control at application point
• Effluent wastewater concerns are reduced

Pick/Kill Area

• Begins the Pathogen Management Process
• Attacks Pathogens that enter the plant from grow out
• Reduction of organic load entering the processing area
• Reduces cross contamination during scald and other pick locations
• Aids in the picking process
• Cleaner scald water

EVIS/IOBW

• Attacks Pathogens due to cross contamination during EVIS process
• Aids to maintain Zero Fecal Standards
• Online Re-processing (ORP)
  

Carcass Chiller System

• Eliminates the cross contamination in the chiller water
• Produces Pathogen Results below USDA requirements
• Meets FSIS Chlorine Standards for carcass chillers

Results

• Maintains standards below the USDA requirements for Salmonella and E-Coli as per 9-CFR-381.94 and 9-CFR-381.65
• Currently testing for future pre-chill E-Coli standards

Other Attack Points

• Further Processing
• Storage Boxes
• Live bird cages
• Transport trailers
• Wash down (Indoors/outdoors)

What is Hypochlorous Acid?

• Inhibitory or lethal activity depends on the amount of Free Available Chlorine (as Hypochlorous Acid, or HOCL) in the water that comes in contact with microbial cells.
• The dissociation of HOCL depends on pH, temperature, and the amount of chlorine that is consumed on contact with the organic matter.
• Depending on the pH of the source water, the Hypochlorous acid will undergo complete or partial dissociation as follows:

CL2 + H2O ---> HOCL + HCL
HOCL H+ + OCL-

The significance of this disassociation is that Hypochlorous acid is a much more effective germicidal agent than the Hypochlorite ion.