An apparatus and method for providing treatment by impingement to a continuous
supply of food product includes a treatment zone at an ambient pressure, a fluid
delivery zone at an elevated pressure, and a circulation assembly. Impingement
plates containing apertures separate the zones. When treatment fluid is drawn through
the impingement apertures, jets of treatment fluid are produced and impinge upon
food product traveling through the treatment zone. The apparatus can employ a conveyor
mechanism to accommodate food product from a continuous supply, as opposed to batches.