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Treatment of meat products

US6113963A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 1999
Grant dateSep 5, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02A40/90
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Described is a method of sanitizing meat product using aqueous streams having an antimicrobial composition added to the stream. Preferably, the antimicrobial composition includes a mixture of one or more carboxylic acids having up to 18 carbon atoms and one or more peroxycarboxylic acids having up to 12 carbon atoms, preferably a mixture of a C.sub.2-4 peroxycarboxylic acid and a C.sub.8-12 peroxycarboxylic acid.

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