US Patent Issued to JBT Marel on June 2 for "Continuous low temperature pasteurization system and method" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,278, issued on June 2, was assigned to JBT Marel Corp. (Chicago).

"Continuous low temperature pasteurization system and method" was invented by John R. Strong (Bellevue, Wash.), Richard Daniel Stockard (Kirkland, Wash.) and Jon A. Hocker (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuous low temperature food pasteurization system (10) includes a conveyor system (20) for conveying food products (FP) through a pasteurization chamber (40). A pre heater (140) may be located upstream from the pasteurization chamber, and an optional post heater (160) may be located downstream from the pasteurization chamber. A chiller and/or freeze...