INDIVIDUALLY TRACEABLE MULTI-FUNCTIONAL CARRIER PARTICLES FOR VALIDATION OF CONTINUOUS FLOW THERMAL PROCESSING OF PARTICLE-CONTAINING FOODS AND BIOMATERIALS

摘要

This disclosure is directed to carrier particles. In one possible configuration and by non-limiting example, the carrier particles are individually traceable multi-functional carrier particles for validation of continuous flow thermal processing of particle-containing foods and biomaterials.

主权项

1. A fabricated device designed to simulate biomaterial products being processed using continuous flow thermal sterilization, comprising:
a polymer carrier structure with conservative flow and thermal; an identifier for identifying individual particle shells using at least one of letters, numbers, symbols, and color codes; at least one primary implant enabling tracking and residence time measurement while travelling through the processing system in real time; at least one secondary implant containing at least one of viable microbial cells, viable microbial spores, enzymes, DNA, RNA, and other sub-cellular entities; and at least one indicator enabling determination of viability or inactivation of at least one of the secondary implants following at least one of incubation and chemical treatment.