The outstanding antimicrobial properties of chlorine dioxide lead to a variety of uses in the food processing industry:

• Washing poultry carcasses
• Sanitizing food contact surfaces or non-food-contact surfaces
• Treatment of red meat including parts and organs, ready-to-eat meats or formed meat.
• Treatment of water and ice used to rinse, wash, transport and store seafood.
• Treatment to extend shelf life of uncut and unpeeled fruits and vegetables.
• Fruit and vegetable wash.
• Sanitizing canning retort and pasteurizing cooling water
• Use as a lube additive to control bacterial slime and odor on moving chains and conveyors in food processing facilities.
• Cleaning stainless steel transfer lines, hydrocoolers and pasteurizers.