On September 29, 2021, the US FDA issued the “Valid Food Contact Substance Notification List (FCS)” with the notification number: FCN No. 2161. In the notice, the food contact substance (hypochlorous acid) submitted by Ecolab was approved “as antibacterial ice cubes for cooling whole or cut fish and seafood in retail food companies and food processing facilities.” details as follows:

The applicant of the notice, Ecolab Inc., is a global leader in the fields of water, sanitation, public health, energy technology and services. It is committed to protecting important resources closely related to life — clean water, safe food, and Energy and healthy environment.

At present, Ecolab Group provides a full range of solutions and services to customers in the catering service industry, food processing industry, hotel industry, healthcare industry, light and heavy industry, oil and gas and mineral extraction and processing industries in more than 170 countries and regions. In creating a cleaner, safer, healthier and more sustainable world.

In recent years, hypochlorous acid water ice has gradually become a new type of non-thermal sterilization preservation technology. This technology not only has the advantages of ordinary ice at low temperature, but also combines the characteristics of rapid, broad-spectrum killing of microorganisms and better fresh-keeping ability of hypochlorous acid water, and the hypochlorous acid water ice can be completely reduced to non-toxic, It has the advantages of no residual ordinary water and no pollution to the environment after discharge. It has broad application prospects in the preservation of aquatic products.