Treatment of animal carcasses
First Claim
1. A method of reducing an overall microbial population on carcass or meat during processing comprising:
- applying to the carcass or meat during processing a peroxycarboxylic acid antimicrobial composition in an amount and time sufficient to reduce the overall microbial population;
the peroxycarboxylic acid antimicrobial composition comprising at least one of peroxypentanoic acid, peroxyhexanoic acid, peroxyheptanoic acid, peroxyoctanoic acid, peroxynonanoic acid, peroxydecanoic acid, peroxyundecanoic acid, and peroxydodecanoic acid,whereby the overall microbial population is reduced.
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Abstract
Described is a method of sanitizing animal carcasses 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 C2–C4 peroxycarboxylic acid and a C8–C12 peroxycarboxylic acid. Also described is a novel antimicrobial composition adapted for sanitizing animal carcasses 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.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of reducing an overall microbial population on carcass or meat during processing comprising:
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applying to the carcass or meat during processing a peroxycarboxylic acid antimicrobial composition in an amount and time sufficient to reduce the overall microbial population; the peroxycarboxylic acid antimicrobial composition comprising at least one of peroxypentanoic acid, peroxyhexanoic acid, peroxyheptanoic acid, peroxyoctanoic acid, peroxynonanoic acid, peroxydecanoic acid, peroxyundecanoic acid, and peroxydodecanoic acid, whereby the overall microbial population is reduced. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of reducing a microbial population on carcass or meat during processing comprising:
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applying to the carcass or meat during processing a peroxycarboxylic acid antimicrobial composition in an amount and time sufficient to reduce the microbial population; the peroxycarboxylic acid antimicrobial composition comprising at least one of peroxypentanoic acid, peroxyhexanoic acid, peroxyheptanoic acid, peroxyoctanoic acid, peroxynonanoic acid, peroxydecanoic acid, peroxyundecanoic acid, and peroxydodecanoic acid, wherein the microbial population comprises Listeria innocua.
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