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Microbiocidal Control in the Processing of Meat-Producing Four-Legged Animals

  • US 20130247835A1
  • Filed: 03/12/2013
  • Published: 09/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of processing a four-legged slaughter animal selected from cattle, swine, horses, sheep, bison, rabbit, camel, kangaroo, alligator, crocodile, buffalo, goats, llamas, deer, antelope, elk, squirrel, opossum, raccoon, and nutria for consumption as meat and/or meat product(s), said method comprisingcontacting exterior surfaces of the live animal at least once when the animal is en route to being slaughtered but before it is killed by exsanguination, with a microbiocidal solution, wherein said microbiocidal solution is comprised ofa) water having a bromine residual derived from (i) at least one bromine source selected from (1) bromine chloride, (2) a mixture of bromine chloride and bromine, (3) a mixture of bromine and chlorine, or (4) a mixture of bromine chloride, bromine and chlorine, (ii) at least one alkali metal base, and/or at least one alkaline earth metal base, and (iii) at least one halogen stabilizer (I) which has one of formulas R—

  • NH2, R—

    NH—

    R1, R—

    SO2

    NH2, R—

    SO2

    NHR1, R—

    CO—

    NH2, N—

    CONH—

    R1, or R—

    CO—

    NH—

    COR1, where R is a hydroxyl group or an alkyl group or an aromatic group and R1 is an alkyl group or an aromatic group;

    or (II) an alkali metal salt of sulfamic acid;

    b) water having a bromine residual derived from (i) ammonium bromide, and/or at least one alkali metal bromide, and/or at least one alkaline earth metal bromide, and (ii) at least one alkali metal hypohalite and/or at least one alkaline earth metal hypohalite;

    orc) water having a bromine residual derived from a mixture or combination of any one or more of a) and any one or more of b);

    the bromine residual in each of a), b), and c) being sufficient to provide microbiocidal activity.

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