Method & apparatus of electric cleansing of food products

摘要

A method and related apparatus for cleansing or killing bacteria from raw oysters. The method involves exposing the meat, and possibly some natural fluids, of shucked oysters to high strength electric fields to cleanse or kill the bacteria present in and on the oyster. An apparatus to perform the method involves a sterilization tank made in part of two conductive plates spaced about one centimeter apart. The meat of shucked oysters is placed between the plates. A large voltage from energy-storing capacitors is applied to the conductive plates to create the electric field that kills the bacteria in the stomach and other cavities, and on the meat of the shucked oysters.