US 12,137,699 B1
Food preparation disinfection treatment methods
Darren Simmons, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX (US); Angelita Simmons, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX (US); Jeffrey R. Foote, Milton, GA (US); Christopher Salaski, Peachtree City, GA (US); Ivor J. J. Longo, Atlanta, TX (US); Wayne Simmons, Adkins, TX (US); and H. Brock Kolls, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Assigned to BioSure North America LLC, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX (US)
Filed by BioSure North America LLC, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/628,680.
Application 18/628,680 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/428,523, filed on Jan. 31, 2024.
Application 18/628,680 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/528,162, filed on Dec. 4, 2023, granted, now 11,975,118.
Application 18/628,680 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/528,194, filed on Dec. 4, 2023.
Int. Cl. A23B 7/157 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01); C02F 1/461 (2023.01); C02F 1/467 (2023.01)
CPC A23B 7/157 (2013.01) [A61L 2/183 (2013.01); C02F 1/46104 (2013.01); C02F 1/4672 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); C02F 2201/46145 (2013.01); C02F 2209/05 (2013.01); C02F 2209/23 (2013.01); C02F 2303/04 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food preparation disinfection treatment method disinfects fruits or vegetables, and food preparation surfaces during the preparation of a food item in a restaurant environment, the method comprising the steps of:
creating an ozonated concentrate liquid by way of an aqueous ozone generator, the aqueous ozone generator receives a water source and generates from the water source the ozonated concentrate liquid;
disinfecting one or more of a fruit or one or more of a vegetable by an immersion in the ozonated concentrate liquid for a disinfection treatment time, each of the fruit and the vegetable comprises a plant tissue;
disinfecting one or more of a food preparation surface by misting the ozonated concentrate liquid onto the food preparation surface and waiting a surface disinfection treatment time before using the food preparation surface;
neutralizing odor of the plant tissue by misting the ozonated concentrate liquid onto the plant tissue, at a periodic mist interval and for each of the periodic mist interval, a mist duration treatment time; and
preparing the food item on the food preparation surface, the food item comprises the fruit or the vegetable.