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US 6,514,556 B2Granted
Method and composition for washing poultry during processing
AssigneeEcolab Inc.
InventorsJohn D. Hilgren, Timothy A. Gutzmann, Robert D. P. Hei
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Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions including peroxyacetic acid and peroxyoctanoic acid and methods for reducing microbial contamination on poultry. The methods include the step of applying a mixed peroxycarboxylic acid composition to poultry.
Claims42
A method of reducing a microbial population on poultry during processing comprising:
- applying to the poultry during processing a mixed peroxycarboxylic acid antimicrobial composition in an amount and time sufficient to reduce the microbial population;
- recovering the applied mixed peroxycarboxylic acid antimicrobial composition;
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- adding to the recovered composition a sufficient amount of a mixture of peroxycarboxylic acids to yield a recycled mixed peroxycarboxylic acid antimicrobial composition.
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A method of reducing a microbial population on poultry during processing comprising:
- sacrificing the poultry;
- removing feathers from the sacrificed poultry;
- removing head, feet, neck, or more than one of head, neck, and feet from the defeathered poultry;
- eviscerating the defeathered poultry;
- inside-outside bird washing the eviscerated poultry;
- spraying the inside-outside bird washed poultry with a mixed peroxycarboxylic acid antimicrobial composition in an amount and time sufficient to reduce the microbial population;
- chilling the peroxycarboxylic acid treated poultry.
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A method of reducing a microbial population on poultry during processing comprising submersing the poultry in a chilled mixed peroxycarboxylic acid composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.