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Outline of food and water processing
By Emergent Technology
Food and water safety is a growing concern for the entire world. In the United States, the problem has caused the center for Disease control to summarize the problem by providing information in the form of a simple statement of fact summarized hereunder:
- 5,100 deaths and 325,000 hospitalizations annually occur in the U.S. alone.
- Only two processes can safeguard against food-borne e-coli and other bacteria in food and water, i.e., heating to 160’F and irradiation of the product.
- Mexico is roughly an order of a magnitude worse in both deaths and hospitalizations.
The world countries are even worse than the above data and even so we believe that irradiation can be a solution to this world problem. Linear accelerators (linacs) can provide the radiation environment needed. The linac developed by Emergent Technology have the radiation power to provide an ideal irradiation source for food & water and are recommend by the World Health Organization as the safest and most inexpensive way to irradiate both food and water.
In the case of foods, infestations of bacteria, flies, insects and other pests can be irradiated to reduce and eliminate them. A single pass through the linac radiation zone is all that is required. There are other benefits such as shelf life extension and reduction of food spoilage, and there is great improvement in safety over radioisotope irradiation sources. The Emergent Technology linacs can be operated in an e-beam or x-ray mode with throughputs in the e-beam mode for a 2-machine facility reaching 1000 tons per hour for (e-coli infested foods). Many foods can be irradiated after packaging to produce foods that are safe to handle without recontamination. The main problem of the e-beam method is the limitation of thickness of the product to about 4” to provide excellent uniformity of the dose delivered. The x-ray mode of the Linacs is capable of uniform irradiation of pallet loads of product about 30” thick.
The United States has developed regulations covering effective dosage for various bacteria and viruses and has proved the validity of the process.
Bacteria kill is achieved by radiation destruction of the DNA chain. While the beam passes through the product, the products are scanned in such a way that it covers all parts of the product to achieve the desired dose uniformity. Like the e-beam, the x-ray delivers food that is safe to eat immediately after processing is completed.
Contact us for pricing for the 1000 ton/day system. Operation costs are estimated at $ 500,000 per year for 7000 hours of maximum water throughput or 2,000,000,000 (two billion gallons of water)
On a simple annuity basis, the facility cost will be amortized at $ 500,000 dollars per year for operating expenses resulting in a cost for irradiation of less than 1 cent/gallon of water. Emergent Technology can operate the facility at start-up and train locals to take over a large portion of the facility processing in time.
Summary
Emergent Technology will build the irradiation facility, (this can be a multi-purpose irradiation method combined for food and water) for disinfecting them of dangerous bacteria such as e-coli, salmonella, listeria and campylobactor.
Emergent Technology will build the machines and instrumentation needed to deliver and verify the required doses for bacterial kill.
Emergent Technology will operate the plant until trained personnel become available.
Emergent Technology will provide all maintenance and parts to keep the facility in top shape and working condition. The lifetime of the initial machines is 20 years with good maintenance.
After site location and prior to any contract Emergent Technology will provide schedules for delivery of the system to turn-key operation. The facility construction schedule can be completed in 12 months.
Write, e-mail, or phone GRW Overseas LTD for additional information about a safe and economic system for eliminating the bacteria in food and water.
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