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About Ozone Sanitation Technology

Ozone is simply a gas composed of three oxygen atoms. It's an extraordinary sanitizing agent that's economically produced and remarkably effective in applications involving food processing and equipment sanitizing. On June 26 2001, the FDA published a final ruling approving ozone as an additive to kill food-borne pathogens. This approval opened the food industry to begin utilizing ozone in their plants to replace conventional sanitation techniques such as chlorine, steam or hot water.

Executive Overview of Ozone Sanitation

Originally discovered in the 19th Century, ozone, a form of activated oxygen generally produced during lighting storms and continuously occurring in the stratosphere due to the action of ultraviolet (UV) rays, is being rediscovered in the 21st century. This naturally occurring compound is now being artificially produced and used in large quantities. read more..