Method for inhibiting food-borne human pathogens and preventing microbial spoilage in refrigerated foods using a Lactobacillus
US4874704A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 14, 1988 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S435/853
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for inhibiting food-borne pathogen and spoilage microorganisms in processed foods using a Lactobacillus sp. which produces an antimicrobial substance at refrigeration temperatures is described. The method is particularly effective in inhibiting gas producing heterofermentative spoilage microorganisms, mold, food-borne pathogenic microorganisms, (Listeria and Salmonella) and phychrotrophic microorganisms which can occur in processed foods.
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