ADT ALKALINE DEHYDRATION AND TSE INACTIVATION

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ADT ALKALINE DEHYDRATION AND TSE INACTIVATION

• AUSTRALIAN DEHYDRATION TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD.
• Scottsdale October 2003.

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Outline

• 1. The history of ADT
• 2. How the system works
• 3. TSE inactivation
• 4. Other details of Alkaline dehydration
• 5. Where we are heading

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History

• Remoteness of Australia
• No consideration of TSE
• Simple, cheap, cost effective dehydration
  process.
• Recognition and financial assistance from MLA

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How it works

• Simply a modified low temperature system.
• System the same for tallow removal
• Decanter fractions or solids fractions plus stick
  water from the centrifuges are treated with an
  alkali and well blended prior to drying.
• Drying in a rotary dryer with very high airflow

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TSE Inactivation

• Evidence supporting TSE inactivation
• 1. Accepted biochemical theory of alkaline
  hydrolysis
• 2. Published data clearly suggests that TSE is
  inactivated by alkaline hydrolysis
• 3. Western blot data with 263K TSE

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Western blot data
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Other aspects ofthe process.

• 1. Energy efficiencies
• 2. Odour production
• 3. Bacterial sterility
• 4. Meal quality
• 5. Yields
• 6. Other compounds

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Whats next.

• Fully funded Research and Development program in
  place and operating to
• Construct a molecular model to prove the
  hydrolysis of all protein to less than 30 amino
  acids
• Test further for unwanted compounds
• Better document Microbial clearances

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Results application.

• Acceptance of the process as a method of
  producing a TSE inactive Meat and Bone meal.
• The product is biochemically unique so
  substitution easily traceable
• Operational commercial plant
• Commercialisation process.
• www.adtrendering.com.au