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<li> Develop safe and efficient methods for disinfecting food processing waters, including methods for analyzing for disinfectant chemicals; </li>
<li> Reduce the need for excess chlorine or chlorine dioxide by developing new methods for sterilization or pasteurization of food surfaces e.g., poultry, potato, etc.; and </li>
<li> Reduce the microbial contamination in process fluids e.g., in poultry chillers and chiller brines, by new technologies, and systems of technologies for the removal of the contaminants.</li></ol>
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Achieve objective 1 by developing rigorous analytical methods that identify all active chemical species in food process fluids utilizing a combination of amperometric titration, ion-chromatography, capillary electrophoresis and ion selective membranes. </p>
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Achieve objective 2 by developing new atmospheric, gas-phase application methods optimizing disinfection through control of environmental parameters such as temperature and concentration. </P>
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Achieve objective 3 by invention and development of filtration, flotation, and electrolysis technologies alone or in combination, and through optimization of solution pH, ionic strength, flotation chemicals, and gas gas generation.</p>
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