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The increasing demand for sanitation as a means for controlling infection and disease in food and the need for reducing the emission of polluting substances have made researchers search for safe and new sanitizing methods. Ozone has proved to be suitable for this purpose.

Use Of Ozone In Food Hygiene Ozone is a strong oxidant which is efficient for controlling bacteria, molds, protozoa and viruses 15. In 1997, ozone was declared a GRAS product (Generally Recognized As Safe) by a team of experts from FDA 17. This denomination soon caused an increase in research concerning the use of ozone in the food industry. Ozone can be used for various purposes such as cleaning surfaces or equipment and disinfecting water for recycling 8, 17.The effectiveness of disinfectants varies according to the typeof product, the surface to be treated and the specific characteristics of the microorganisms 14. In addition, the susceptibility of microorganisms to ozone varies according tothe physiology of the tissue, temperature, moisture, the pH leveland the presence of additives such as acids, soaps and sugars 19.The effectiveness of the various types of treatment can be seen in Table 2. Other proven positive effects of the use of ozone concern the purification of micotoxins 19 and pesticide residuals 20and for the control of classified microbes in the field of biologicalrisk 21. Leesch and Tebbets 22 demonstrated that ozone is effectivefor controlling the presence of arthropods, like in the case ofgrape fumigation with high doses of ozone to control spider populations belonging to the black widow spider species which are often found in boxes of grape exported from California

The use of ozone as a sanitization and disinfecting agent has many economic and environmental benefits. It is low cost and safe to produce and apply. It is excellent at breaking down total organic carbon (TOC), microorganisms and endotoxins. Ozone is also environmentally friendly and eliminates the risk of residual chemicals. Ozone can replace chlorine, hot water, and steam. In turn, this reduces the consumption of chemicals and water and eliminates the energy required to produce hot water and steam.Ozone has been used successfully in various applications:

• Food and beverage manufacturing
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Medical device manufacturing
• Cosmetics manufacturing
• Circuit board manufacturing/coating
• Healthcare facilities
• University laboratories
• Biotechnology
• Clean rooms

Ozone is a naturally occurring compound in which three oxygen atoms are combined to form the ozone molecule (O₃). Oxygen most commonly exists as two oxygen atoms (O₂). Ozone forms when energy from ultraviolet (UV) light or electrical discharge break the O₂ double bonds, forming single oxygen atoms, which recombine with O₂ molecules to create Ozone.Ozone is a powerful oxidizing and disinfection agent, naturally destroying harmful microorganisms and compounds through oxidation. Oxidation occurs when ozone molecules encounter oxidizable substances, including microorganisms (viruses, molds, and bacteria) and organic and inorganic materials (iron and manganese). In these reactions, the unstable third single bond oxygen atom is transferred, with a large release of energy, to the material it contacts. With microorganisms, the outer membranes of the cell walls are ruptured (lysed) destroying the microorganism or is inactivated through oxidation of genetic material (DNA and RNA). Oxidation typically hydrolyzes inorganic molecules, causing them to become insoluble and facilitating removal by filtration.