Method of disinfecting water and food stuff preservation with iodine species

Abstract

A method and apparatus for producing bacteria-free iodine-species-containing drinking water for farm animals under continuous dynamic water flow, comprising dissolving solid iodine into a first water flow to produce a saturated iodine species-containing aqueous solution at a pre-selected temperature; blending the saturated solution with a second water flow to produce a diluted iodine species bacterium-free aqueous solution; and providing the diluted solution as drinking water to the animals. Preferably, the iodine is dissolved in the first water flow to provide a saturated iodine species at a pre-selected temperature at a known concentration, which saturated solution is then blended into a mean water flow. The continuous flow of iodine species-containing water is fed to a farm animal drinking water distribution network with reduced risk of back-contamination by bacteria-containing water through the network. Other uses of the iodinated water are as a disinfectant, for example, in the food processing industry; fruit, vegetable and fish preservation; industrial, commercial cooling tower waters, sewage and waste water treatment; and as a nutrient as an iodine source for humans, livestock, fish and plants.

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field of invention [0001] The present invention relates to a method for water treatment with iodine-containing substances, in particular for disinfection of water used as a source of drinking water for raising animals, in agriculture, fishery, food industry, fruit and vegetables, industrial water treatment systems and in the pharmaceutical industry . The present invention also relates to the use of iodized ice to preserve food products, especially food products such as fish, meat, fish and meat products, and fruits and vegetables susceptible to bacterial damage. Background of the invention [0002] Iodine has been used for water disinfection on a large scale in the past. Iodine is also commonly used for its antimicrobial (sensu stricto) effects against bacteria, viruses and cysts, three of the most common health hazards in maintaining biosafe water supplies. Crystalline iodine is traditionally dissolved in water by adding small amounts of KI which greatly enhances the solu...

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Problems solved by technology

While cooling foods near or below freezing temperatures, i.e. at or below 0°C, can largely prevent their damage, it cannot always guarantee against any potential airborne, Ice-borne or water-borne pathogens are not harmful to human consumers

That said, although ice protects food from heat damage and chemical breakdown, it does not have antimicrobial properties

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