Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an auger dip apparatus for the application of antimicrobial solution to raw food. Embodiments of the present disclosure may use an auger as a single moving part to move the food work pieces through the application area for antimicrobial solution. Embodiments of the present disclosure are simple with only one moving auger part to move the food pieces, and the bearing for the moving part, supporting the shaft of the auger, may be configured to be outside of the cabinet with the reservoir of the antimicrobial solution, so that the bearing is not in contact with the antimicrobial solution. This provides for less maintenance and downtime, particularly unscheduled downtime, than a system using more complicated exposed parts. The present disclosure also permits a more compact and lighter configuration for an assembled application unit.

Disclosed are a control method of an intelligent sterility test pump, a sterilization method and its application. The control method comprises steps: monitoring the real-time current of a DC drive motor through a current detection module, to adjust the rotating linear velocity of a peristaltic pump head (3) in real time; when the peristaltic pump head (3) is in a state of pushing a liquid to be tested, reducing the rotating linear velocity of the peristaltic pump head (3); and when the peristaltic pump head (3) is in an idling state, increasing the rotating linear velocity of the peristaltic pump head (3); the invention further provides a sterilization method comprising the control method of the intelligent sterility test pump; the disclosure also provides application of the sterilization method in preparation or detection of foods and medicines.

A food processing apparatus includes a reaction tank having an internal space for storing a reactant that is in a liquid state and that is used for food, a cooler that cools a reactant stored in the reaction tank, and a catalytic reactor disposed in the internal space. The catalytic reactor includes a reaction tube, a light source disposed in the interior of the reaction tube, and a heat insulator disposed between the reaction tube and the light source. The outer surface of the reaction tube is provided with a photocatalyst. The reaction tube allows light radiated from the light source to pass therethrough. The reaction tube has a first end, and the first end is closed so as to serve as a bottom surface of the reaction tube. The thermal conductivity of the heat insulator is lower than the thermal conductivity of the reaction tube.

A food product mat assembly for supporting a delivered food product above a support surface includes a mat that is positionable on a support surface in front of an entry of a building to have a delivered food product positioned thereon. The mat is foraminous to facilitate water to drain therethrough thereby inhibiting the delivered food product from being exposed to the water. A plurality of ridges each extends upwardly from the mat to support the delivered food item above the mat.

A beverage preparation device comprising a main body, a tank, an assembly for pumping a liquid from the tank, and a unit for preparing the beverage, in which device an outlet path is defined inside the main body, the outlet path comprising a dispensing outlet, via which the beverage is dispensed out of the main body, and also comprising a filtering element that is detachably connected to the main body, wherein the filtering element is arranged downstream of the dispensing outlet relative to the outlet path.

A beverage preparation device comprising a main body, a tank, an assembly for pumping a liquid from the tank, and a unit for preparing the beverage, in which device an outlet path is defined inside the main body, the outlet path comprising a dispensing outlet, via which the beverage is dispensed out of the main body, and also comprising a filtering element that is detachably connected to the main body, wherein the filtering element is arranged downstream of the dispensing outlet relative to the outlet path.

The invention relates to an apparatus for treating foodstuff containers by spraying with a biocide-containing treatment liquid in at least one treatment zone (Z1-Z4) equipped with spraying means (B) for spraying the containers, the apparatus further comprising transport means for transporting the containers through the treatment zones (Z1-Z4), at least one generator (G1) for producing a biocide solution, at least one heating device for heating the treatment liquid, lines for supplying the biocide solution from the generator (G1) to the treatment zones (Z1-Z4) and, optionally, to at least one further biocide consumer device (BV1, BV2), lines for supplying the treatment liquid to the treatment means (B), as well as valves (V1-V7), controllable metering devices and pumps required for controlling the liquid flows, characterized in that a) the apparatus comprises at least two generators (G1, G2) for producing the biocide solution, and b) the generators (G1, G2) are connected or connectable neither directly nor indirectly to one another, but via corresponding feed lines to all treatment zones (Z1-Z4) and to any further biocide consumer device (BV1, BV2); and a method for operating such an apparatus.

A sterile carbonated beverage filling system includes a beverage sterilizing section which sterilizes a raw material liquid to prepare a sterilized beverage, a beverage cooling section which cools the sterilized beverage, a carbonated beverage producing section which injects carbonic acid gas into the sterilized beverage to prepare a sterile carbonated beverage, and a carbonated beverage filling section which fills the sterile carbonated beverage into a bottle. The beverage sterilizing section, the beverage cooling section, the carbonated beverage producing section, and the carbonated beverage filling section are connected by a beverage supply pipeline. The carbonated beverage filling section and the beverage supply pipeline each include a rotary machine, and a boundary surface between a rotating body and a non-rotating body of the rotary machine is sealed with sterile water or sterile air.

A high-frequency heating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a heating chamber, an electrode, a high-frequency power supply, at least one matching element, and a controller. The heating chamber accommodates a heating target. The high-frequency power supply applies a high-frequency voltage to the electrode. The impedance matcher includes at least one matching element having a matching constant that is variable. The controller stops the high-frequency power supply to complete heating based on a temporal change of the matching constant of the at least one matching element. In this embodiment, a heating target can be heated efficiently.

A food freezing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a transport unit having multiple vertically spaced levels provided so as to continuously transport food; a cooling unit for cooling the food transported by the multiple levels of the transport unit; a pre-freezing unit for pre-freezing the food transported by the multiple levels of the transport unit after having been cooled; a freezing unit for freezing the food transported by the multiple levels of the transport unit after having been pre-frozen; and a defrosting unit connected to the freezing unit so as to remove frost that forms inside the freezing unit.