A plant for the mass production of long-life ready-to-eat cooked foods

摘要

A plant is described which includes a continuous autoclave (1) for the heat treatment of foods measured into open containers (9) loaded onto trays (12) which are advanced through the autoclave (1) by a stepping conveyer (38). A cooling chamber (6) communicates at one end with the autoclave (1) through an air-lock tunnel (7) and at the other with a sterile assembly for sealing the containers (9) full of cooked food. $$