ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,464, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Morris & Associates Inc. (Garner, N.C.).

"Decontamination tank and method for treating food products" was invented by Robert E. Cathey (Apex, N.C.), William F. Morris III (Raleigh, N.C.), David H. Macaluso (Benson, N.C.) and John P. Shell (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are various embodiments for a decontamination tank and method for treating reducing microbial contamination of a food product. In one embodiment, decontamination tank comprises a first chamber for holding a first antimicrobial bearing liquid for reducing a microbial contamination on a surface of the food pr...