Method for preserving food products and products made thereby

Details Method for preserving food products and products made thereby Method for preserving food products and products made thereby

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A23B 4/22 (2006.01) A23B 4/01 (2006.01) A23B 4/12 (2006.01) A23B 4/20 (2006.01) A23B 7/10 (2006.01) A23B 7/155 (2006.01) A23B 9/28 (2006.01) A23C 19/06 (2006.01) A23L 3/005 (2006.01) A23L 3/3463 (2006.01) A23L 3/3571 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2123300

A method for preserving a food product; such as meat, is provided. The method comprises the steps of inoculating meat with an effective amount of euhygienic non-pathogenic, non-spoilage bacteria in order to competitively inhibit the growth of un- desired pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. Preferably, either L. delbrueckii or Hafnia alvei bacteria are used to inoculate a meat product. Bacteria present on a meat product is first reduced to a number below about 5000 bacteria per gram of meat, e.g. by de- hairing an animal and then spraying the meat with an organic acid prior to inoculation with euhygienic bacteria. The meat pro- duct is then vacuum packaged and stored in a refrigerated environment of about -1°C to about 7°C. Meat produces preserved in accordance with the method of the invention can enjoy a refrigerated shelf life of up to about I SO days without surface discolora- tion or the generation of undesirable gaseous by-products.

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