Shoreline Mayor Cindy Ryu, with help from George Briggs of Ozone International of Bainbridge Island, tests a cleaning and sanitizing solution that uses ozone. The process uses a combination of low-pressure ozone and high-pressure cold water in a dual stream to clean and sanitize. (LARRY STEAGALL | KITSAP SUN)
 
 
George Briggs, implementation manager for Ozone International of Bainbridge Island, demonstrates his product for a group of officials and businesspeople taking a clean-tech tour of Puget Sound. The tour was organized by the Clean Technology Trade Alliance, an organization that makes connections between clean-tech businesses. (LARRY STEAGALL | KITSAP SUN)
 
 
Ozone International of Bainbridge Island uses this dual steam gun to combine ozone and water into a sanitizing spray. (LARRY STEAGALL | KITSAP SUN)
 
  
Shoreline Mayor Cindy Ryu, with help from George Briggs of Ozone International of Bainbridge Island, tests a cleaning and sanitizing solution that uses ozone. The process uses a combination of low-pressure ozone and high-pressure cold water in a duel stream to clean and sanitize. (LARRY STEAGALL | KITSAP SUN)
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Copper River Seafood's implements ozone based "green" cleaning/sanitizing technology for 2009 salmon season... 
 
Anchorage, AK
 
Copper River Seafood's is proud to announce the implementation of two WhiteWater Ozone Systems at its Cordova and Anchorage processing facilities. Copper River joins a growing list of Alaskan and lower 48 seafood companies that are raising the bar on quality and sustainable business practices.
 
Although ozone has been around a long time, only recently has its full power been harnessed for the benefit of the seafood and broader food industry.
 
Copper River applies ozonated water during production for continuous cleaning and sanitizing of the processing areas. This organic technology controls bacteria growth on conveyor belts, processing equipment, and directly on the product. Micro counts are dramatically reduced and maintained throughout production.
 
These systems ensure Copper River Seafood's customers receive the highest quality product available while maintaining competitive pricing.
 
Some of the benefits of implementing a Whitewater Ozone System are:  
  • Extended shelf-life
  • Increased food safety
  • Improved product quality
  • An Organic/Green solution
  • Cross Contamination control
  • Reduced chemical usage 
Such an industry-changing combination of product quality and environmental benefits doesn’t come along very often, and Copper River is proud to deliver these benefits every day to their customers. Adding value to the full seafood supply chain, WhiteWater Ozone Systems can be used in vessels as well as processing, distribution, retail, and foodservice facilities.

For more information go to www.o3international.com  

 
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How Can Ozone Help My Business?
 
Ozone WILL save you money.

With ozone, you don’t need to wait until the end of production to perform sanitation. WhiteWater Ozone Systems allow you to:
  • Drastically reduce micro counts on your product during production.
  • Continuously clean and sanitize product contact surfaces during production.
  • Quickly clean and sanitize hard surfaces during production breaks.
  • Replace your conventional chemical based sanitation program with environmentally friendly ozone.
All of this is accomplished with a fully FDA approved natural solution. Ozone reverts back to oxygen quickly and will not leave a residual that will affect the color, texture, or taste of fresh seafood when applied properly. What does this give you? Enhanced quality, productivity, savings, and sustainability.
 
How does this affect your bottom line?
  • Ozone WILL increase your product shelf life
  • Ozone WILL reduce product quality complaints/credits/dump loss
  • Ozone WILL reduce or eliminate chemical consumption
  • Ozone WILL give you a strategic marketing advantage
Contact Ozone International for more information.
 
Puget Sound Businesses Redefine ‘Clean Tech' 
  
Ozone International visited by "Clean Tech" tour.

By Christopher Dunagan (Kitsap Sun)

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — Reluctantly, Shoreline Mayor Cindy Ryu took the spray gun in hand, aimed it at a stainless-steel food rack and squeezed the trigger.

A blast of water erupted, jerking her arm back. Ryu smiled and handed the gun back, knowing that this forceful spray was not ordinary cold water. It was cold water loaded with ozone, a powerful sanitizing agent.

Ozone International, a Bainbridge Island company, has developed a sanitizing system that is proving its worth to some of the world’s largest food-processing companies, said Eric Critchlow, vice president of sales. Unisea, Heartland, and the Pacific Seafood Group are just a few of the big-name firms purchasing the ozone units.

One of the great benefits, Critchlow said, is that companies using this equipment can forget about buying and storing dangerous sanitizing chemicals, such as chlorine. And there is no hazardous wastewater to deal with.

Ozone is produced straight from the air, and it is consumed as bacteria and viruses are killed off during the processing of meats, fish and vegetables.

Ryu, who is working to make Shoreline a clean-tech city, was among 20 or so people attending a tour last week that traveled to some little-known “clean-technology” companies operating in the Puget Sound region.

“So,” asked tour leader Mark Frost, “do you think Ozone International is a ‘clean technology’ company?”

The answer from the group was a resounding “yes.”

Frost, who launched a nonprofit organization called Clean Technology Trade Alliance on April 22 — Earth Day — conceived this tour to broaden people’s understanding of clean technology. People understand that innovations in solar and wind technologies qualify as clean tech, Frost said, but many other products and services offer a positive environmental benefit.

Kitsap County Commissioner Charlotte Garrido, recognized for her environmental awareness, said the tour opened her eyes to new possibilities.

“We’re seeing great leaps forward in research and development,” Garrido said “This tour was especially important because we got to see some Kitsap businesses that we don’t know much about.”

Others on the tour included staffers for U.S. Reps. Jay Inslee, D-Bainbridge Island; and Adam Smith, D-Tacoma; and state Rep. John McCoy, D-Tulalip. Jim Hart, commissioner for West Sound Utility District in Port Orchard; Jim Freeman, president of the Kitsap Community and Agricultural Alliance; and Laura Melrose of the Port of Bremerton also went along.

Ozone International, a six-year-old company, offers a line of industrial machines from small portable units to large centralized units, according to Critchlow. Ozone, a highly reactive chemical, is produced by taking oxygen from the air and zapping it with electricity inside the machine. (Ozone gas is made up of charged molecules of oxygen, each with three oxygen atoms, compared with the normal two atoms found in familiar oxygen gas.)

In the machine, the highly reactive ozone is infused into a stream of low pressure cold water. The concentration of ozone is set to destroy bacteria without leaving a residue.

In many applications, ozonated water is lightly sprayed on foods on a conveyor belt at several places along a cutting and sorting line. With ozone, microbial growth never builds up on the line itself, and nearby areas can be blasted clean with jets of high-pressure water along side the low pressure ozone stream, Critchlow said.

That’s in strong contrast to traditional food processing, in which the work must be halted periodically while the line is cleaned with chemicals to knock down a continual buildup of bacteria, he said.

“One of our clients has gone up to 21 days without having to shut down,” Critchlow said. “Continuously cleaning and sanitizing during production changes the game completely for the food industry.”
 
 
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