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US 5,393,545 AGranted
Composition active against botulism
AssigneeSolchem Italiana S.p.A.
InventorsEric A. Johnson, Ernani Dell'Acqua
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Abstract
This invention relates to a composition of food having animal and/or vegetable origin which contains lysozyme and a chelating agent in amounts that are effective at preventing contamination of the food by Clostridium botulinum.
Claims5
A food composition under anaerobic conditions consisting essentially of:
- a) food having animal or vegetable origin susceptible to contamination by Clostridium botulinum under anaerobic conditions;
- b) lysozyme or non-toxic salts thereof;
- and a) a member of the group consisting of alkaline salts of ethylendiaminotetracetic acid, (ethylendioxy)-diethylenedinitriloacetic acid, diethylenetriaminopentacetic acid, trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexanetetracetic acid and tripolyphosphoric acid, wherein b) and c) are present in effective amounts.
A method to prevent the contamination of foods having animal or vegetable origin by Clostridium botulinum or by toxins derived therefrom comprising:
- applying an effective amount of a) lysozyme or non-toxic salts thereof and b) a member of the group consisting of alkaline salts of ethylendiaminotetracetic acid, (ethylendioxy)-diethylenedinitriloacetic acid, diethylenetriaminopentacetic acid, trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexanetetracetic acid and tripolyphosphoric acid to a food having animal or vegetable origin susceptible to contamination by Clostridium botulinum;
- and storing said food under anaerobic conditions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.