Independent Seafoods uses ozone treated water to eliminate harmful bacteria during our processing and as way to sanitize our facilities.
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Ozone is an organic sanitizing method that has been safely used in city water treatment facilities and by bottled water producers for many years. Independent Seafoods uses this “green” technology as a 100% organic way to clean.
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Benefits of Ozone:​

• Better at killing bacteria than chlorine
• Kills bacteria faster than chlorine
• Minimizes and/or eliminates chemical use in plant
• FDA approved for food products
• Environmentally friendly
• No harmful reside or by-products
• Safer than chemicals for employees to use
• Allows for the recycling of runoff waste water
• Increases shelf life of food products
• Dramatically reduces cross contamination