Antimicrobial composition for cleaning and sanitizing meat products
AssigneeEcolab Inc.
InventorsTimothy A. Gutzmann, Brian J. Anderson, Bruce R. Cords, Lawrence A. Grab, Edward H. Richardson, Pamela Reed McKay
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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.
Claims12
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;
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- (d) an effective amount of a hydrotrope.
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;
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- (d) from about 0.5 wt-% to about 1.5 wt-% of a sequestrant agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.