In the food processing industry, there are many different applications in which oils are used or produced that end up in the wastewater stream. In applications where meat is cooked, fat and grease render out and collect in grease traps. Even the routine washdown of processing equipment surfaces can create a mixture of oily water. 

The nation’s network of frozen and refrigerated distribution centers forms a logistical supply chain that is vital to our food safety, in which every square inch of storage and every movement of product must be efficient.