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.