Innovative Continuous Sanitization of Fresh Produce Harvesting Equipment

最近爆发的食源性疾病可追溯到受污染的田间收获设备 强调了在收获时纳入改进的卫生做法的必要性。现场- 在与重大召回和疫情有关的十大食品中，收获的特种作物占50% 在过去的五年里。户外收获设备的适当卫生处理变得复杂 由于运营和环境方面的挑战，阻碍了运营的定期清洁 设备。目前的消毒解决方案包括应用破坏环境的 氯等化学物质或紫外线等昂贵的技术解决方案。以化学药品为主 解决方案面临进一步的限制，因为水的可获得性有限，而且有必要将 通过溢出的水将化学物质引入土壤。恩索鲁西翁提出了一种成本-- 高效、易于实施、无化学物质和残留物的连续消毒系统 利用臭氧纳米气泡中和关键场地表面的病原体和生物膜 收割设备。臭氧，包括气态和水相，都是公认的。 被FDA认为是安全的，并已被证明在减少微生物方面非常有效 污染；然而，业务效率低下和环境安全问题 排除了农业行业广泛采用含水臭氧的可能性。不同于传统的 来自现有技术的宏大尺寸气泡，恩索鲁西翁产生的纳米气泡 技术具有在高浓度下保持稳定的非凡能力，可以在一次 时间，并允许较高的气体输注率和保留时间。En Solución将提供完整的 为田间收获设备提供持续消毒的自动化系统，以满足 当前方法的缺点：它将提供被证明有效的浓度的臭氧 用于病原体中和和生物膜根除和预防，几乎瞬间 卫生；它将通过循环使用和精确配水将用水量降至最低；而且它是无害的 当洒在田野上时(夹带的纳米气泡中的臭氧将自然衰变为氧气 半小时的顺序)。在第一阶段项目期间，恩索鲁西翁将开发现场规模的臭氧 纳米气泡消毒装置，并通过在一个 经营养殖场和综合第三方微生物检测。

Recent foodborne illness outbreaks traced to contaminated field harvesting equipment have highlighted the need for incorporating improved sanitization practices at the time of harvest. Field- harvested specialty crops represent 50% of the top ten foods linked to major recalls and outbreaks over the past five years. Proper sanitization of outdoor harvest equipment is made complicated by operational and environmental challenges which impede regular, periodic cleaning of operating equipment. Current sanitization solutions include application of environmentally damaging chemicals like chlorine or cost prohibitive technological solutions like UV light. Chemical-based solutions face further constraints due to limited water availability and the necessity of minimizing the introduction of chemicals to the soil through spilled water. En Solución proposes a cost- effective, easily implemented, chemical and residual-free, continuous sanitization system that utilizes ozone nanobubbles to neutralize pathogens and biofilms on key surfaces of field harvesting equipment. Ozone, in both its gaseous and aqueous phases, is generally recognized as safe by the FDA and has been shown to be highly effectively at reducing microbial contamination; however, operational inefficiency and environmental safety concerns have precluded widespread adoption of aqueous ozone by the agriculture industry. Unlike traditional macro-sized bubbles from existing technologies, the nanobubbles produced by En Solución’s technology have the remarkable ability to remain stable in high concentrations for months at a time and allow for high gas infusion rates and retention times. En Solución will deliver a fully automated system that provides continuous sanitization for field harvesting equipment to address the shortcomings of current approaches: it will provide ozone in concentrations proven effective for pathogen neutralization and biofilm eradication and prevention, with nearly instantaneous sanitization; it will minimize water usage via recycling and precision dosing; and it is harmless when spilled on fields (the ozone in the entrained nanobubbles will decay naturally to oxygen on the order of half an hour). During the Phase I project, En Solución will develop a field-scale ozone nanobubble sanitization unit and fully validate the technology via pilot implementation at an operating farm and comprehensive third party microbial testing.