A multi-function appliance and methods and systems for manufacturing, producing, preparing, packaging, displaying, selling and marketing perishable food or items in a container with a container storage technology for use with select consumer goods or household appliances. A method and system for the use of multiple brand logos or names and communicative indicia on a container or product packaging wherein at least one of the brand logos or names, such as a secondary or tertiary brand logo or name can be used to represent different or distinct products, services or benefits from the primary brand logo or name.

An electric sanitizing device and method for cleaning an item, the electric sanitizing device comprising: a lid having an ultraviolet lamp disposed above a transparent glass window, a spray nozzle, and a vent housing an activated carbon filter; a body attached below the lid, the body comprising a cleaning chamber having a contact tank, a dispersion stone and a water inlet, a retention plate, a filter plate sitting atop the retention plate, a basket sitting atop the filter plate, and a control panel; and an electronics compartment disposed below the body, the electronics compartment comprising an ozone generator having an air pump, a rotating motor adapted to rotate the basket, a water pump adapted to pump water to the spray nozzle, and a controller adapted to operate the ozone generator, the UV lamp, the rotating motor and the water pump according to a user's commands entered via the control panel.

An electric sanitizing device and method for cleaning an item, the electric sanitizing device comprising: a lid having an ultraviolet lamp disposed above a transparent glass window, a spray nozzle, and a vent housing an activated carbon filter; a body attached below the lid, the body comprising a cleaning chamber having a contact tank, a dispersion stone and a water inlet, a retention plate, a filter plate sitting atop the retention plate, a basket sitting atop the filter plate, and a control panel; and an electronics compartment disposed below the body, the electronics compartment comprising an ozone generator having an air pump, a rotating motor adapted to rotate the basket, a water pump adapted to pump water to the spray nozzle, and a controller adapted to operate the ozone generator, the UV lamp, the rotating motor and the water pump according to a user's commands entered via the control panel.

Methods of determining the dose of UVC light delivered to a sample comprising a low optical transmission complex fluid are provided. Also provided are methods of inactivation of an organism, such as a spore, a bacteria or a virus, in a sample comprising dose of UVC light delivered to a sample comprising a low optical transmission complex fluid.

Methods of determining the dose of UVC light delivered to a sample comprising a low optical transmission complex fluid are provided. Also provided are methods of inactivation of an organism, such as a spore, a bacteria or a virus, in a sample comprising dose of UVC light delivered to a sample comprising a low optical transmission complex fluid.

The device for decontaminating a turbid liquid, in particular of the food type, includes a sheath extending longitudinally along an axis X, including an outer wall and an inner wall substantially coaxial with each other and delimiting an annular circulation space of the liquid to be decontaminated, a source of ultraviolet rays positioned in a central space delimited by the inner wall of the sheath, coaxially with the annular circulation space, the outer wall comprising a cylindrical surface facing the annular circulation space having a profile along a generatrix of the cylindrical surface comprising a succession of concave and convex shapes alternately.

The device for decontaminating a turbid liquid, in particular of the food type, includes a sheath extending longitudinally along an axis X, including an outer wall and an inner wall substantially coaxial with each other and delimiting an annular circulation space of the liquid to be decontaminated, a source of ultraviolet rays positioned in a central space delimited by the inner wall of the sheath, coaxially with the annular circulation space, the outer wall comprising a cylindrical surface facing the annular circulation space having a profile along a generatrix of the cylindrical surface comprising a succession of concave and convex shapes alternately.

A system and a method for irradiating an object and potentially for controlling the irradiation or other conditions relating to an effect of the irradiation. A sensor is translated along a longitudinal direction of the radiation emitter and in a space between the radiation emitter and the objects irradiated to arrive at information relating to a parameter relating to the effect of the irradiation, such as the radiation, and derived in the space between the radiation emitter and the objects irradiated. Calibrating the sensor readings and adjusting the radiating emitter output, thereby controlling the irradiation.

Systems and methods for processing a product. The methods comprise: receiving the product in a vacuum chamber, the product enclosed within a first packaging item having at least a portion that is semi-permeable under vacuum conditions; introducing a reagent into the vacuum chamber (the reagent comprising a combination of a sterilization substance for sterilizing the product and a preservation substance for preserving a sterilization state of the product); causing the reagent to pass through the portion of the first packaging item that is semi-permeable such that a sterilization of the product by the sterilization substance occurs concurrently with a modification of an internal atmospheric condition within the first packaging item by the preservation substance; and preserving the sterilized state of the product via the modified internal atmospheric condition of the first packaging.

This application is directed to systems and methods of creating sterilized powdered food product. Specific examples regarding breast milk are described whereby the milk is powderized and placed into a vat before it is passed along to a sterilization chamber in which it is fluidized and sterilized by UV-C light. Once powdered food product has been sufficiently sterilized, it can be loaded into syringes for distribution. Embodiments of the inventive subject matter are designed to maintain nutritional value of the powdered food at levels that were not previously possible, opening new opportunities for storing and distribution of, e.g., donor breast milk.