Antimicrobial composition for cleaning and sanitizing meat products

• US 6,183,807 B1
• Filed: 06/09/2000
• Issued: 02/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ecolab USA Incorporated (Ecolab, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Ecolab, Inc.
• Inventors: McKay, Pamela Reed, Gutzmann, Timothy A., Richardson, Edward H., Anderson, Brian J., Cords, Bruce R., Grab, Lawrence A.
• Primary Examiner(s): CANO, MILTON I
• Application Number:
  US09/591,423
• Time in Patent Office: 242 Days
• Field of Search: 426/235, 426/321, 426/331, 426/332, 426/335, 426/532, 426/652, 426/641, 424/405
• US Class Current: 426/652
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 2300/00 Combinations or mixtures of active ingredients covered by classes A01N27/00 - A01N65/48 with other active or formulation relevant ingredients, e.g. specific carrier materials or surfactants, covered by classes A01N25/00 - A01N65/48
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 25/06 Aerosols
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 37/00 Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing cyclopropane carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, e.g. cyclopropane carboxylic acid nitriles, A01N53/00
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 37/02 Saturated carboxylic acids or thio analogues thereof; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 37/16 containing the group; Thio analogues thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 37/36 containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a singly bound oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same carbon skeleton, this oxygen or sulfur atom not being a member of a carboxylic group or of a thio analogue, or of a derivative thereof, e.g. hydroxy-carboxylic acids
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 59/00 Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing elements or inorganic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A23B 4/12 Preserving with acids; Acid fermentation
• CPC Class Codes: A23B 4/14 Preserving with chemicals not covered by groups A23B4/02 or A23B4/12
• CPC Class Codes: A23B 4/20 Organic compounds; Microorganisms; Enzymes
• CPC Class Codes: A23B 4/24 Inorganic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A23B 4/30 by spraying of liquids
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 3/3508 containing carboxyl groups
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 3/358 Inorganic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/086 Protective screens, e.g. all weather or wind screens
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/90 in food processing or handling, e.g. food conservation

Abstract

An 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 C₂-C₄ peroxycarboxylic acid and a C₈-C₁₂ peroxycarboxylic acid. Also described is a novel antimicrobial composition adapted for sanitizing meat product containing a mixture of one or more C₂-C₄ peroxycarboxylic acids and one or more C₈-C₁₂ peroxycarboxylic acids and an alpha-hydroxy mono- or dicarboxylic acid.

Claims

1. An antimicrobial composition for cleaning and sanitizing meat product comprising:

(a) about 0.5 wt-% to about 20 wt-% of a mixture of one or more peroxycarboxylic acids having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms and one or more peroxycarboxylic acids having from 8 to 12 carbon atoms;

(b) from about 0.5 wt-% to about 60 wt-% of an alpha-hydroxy mono or dicarboxylic acid having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms;

(c) an effective amount of a sequestrant; and

(d) an effective amount of a hydrotrope.

2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the peroxycarboxylic acid is a mixture of peroxyacetic acid and peroxyoctanoic or peroxydecanoic acid.

3. The composition of claim 2 wherein the peroxycarboxylic acid is a mixture of peroxyacetic acid and peroxyoctanoic acid in a ratio of about 10:

1 to about 1;

1.

4. The composition of claim 1 wherein the alpha-hydroxy mono- or dicarboxylic acid is lactic acid.

5. The composition of claim 1 which further comprises about 1 wt-% to about 35 wt-% of hydrogen peroxide.

6. The composition of claim 1 which further comprises from about 0.01 wt-% to about 10 wt-% of a sequestrant agent.

7. The composition of claim 6 wherein the sequestering agent is 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid.

8. The composition of claim 1 which further comprises from about 0.1 to about 20 wt-% of a hydrotrope.

9. The composition of claim 1 which further comprises from about 0.01 to about 10 wt-% of a thickening or gelling agent.

10. The composition of claim 1 which further comprises from about 1 to about 60 wt-% of an organic solvent.

11. An antimicrobial composition for treating meat product consisting essentially of:

(a) a mixture of peroxyacetic and peroxyoctanoic acid in a ratio of about 10;

1 to about 1;

1;

(b) from about 0.1 wt-% to about 10 wt-% of lactic acid;

(c) from about 4 wt-% to about 10 wt-% of hydrogen peroxide; and

(d) from about 0.5 wt-% to about 1.5 wt-% of a sequestrant agent.

12. The composition of claim 11 wherein the sequestrant agent is the sequestering agent is 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid.