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US 7,169,415 B2Granted
System for preserving fresh meat products
AssigneeSwift Beef Company
InventorsRod A. Bowling, Robert Paul Clayton
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Abstract
A method for preserving a food product, such as meat, comprising the steps of inoculating meat with an effective amount of euhygienic non-pathogenic, non-spoilage bacteria in order to competitively inhibit the growth of undesired pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. Edible films that incorporate and/or cover euhygenic bacteria on the food product are used to ensure competitive inhibition of undesired spoilage and pathogenic bacteria.
Claims16
A system for preserving fresh meat products, comprising:
- a means for reducing the number of bacteria on a fresh meat;
- a means for inoculating the surface of the fresh meat with an effective amount of non-spoilage and non-pathogenic bacteria effective to competitively inhibit the growth of pathogenic and spoilage bacteria, said non-spoilage and non-pathogenic bacteria capable of multiplying at temperatures as low as about −1° C.;
- a means for reducing the number of bacteria on said fresh meat product to below about 5,000 bacteria;
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- a means for maintaining said fresh meat in a temperature environment that selectively favors the proliferation of said non-spoilage and non-pathogenic bacteria.
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