ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,747, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to MAREL FURTHER PROCESSING B.V. (Boxmeer, Netherlands).
"Food product thermal treatment method" was invented by Patricia Hoekstra-Suurs (Boxmeer, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for thermal treating a food product in a thermal treatment unit with the food product having a casing comprising a protein, or hybrid casing. The method involves providing the food product, subjecting the food product to a brine solution, conveying the food product into the unit, and subjecting the food product to a thermal treating step. The thermal treating step includes at least: a) drying...