SAFE FOODS CORP
March 1st, 2004
BY PHILIP FINE
A US manufacturer thinks an answer to controlling food pathogen outbreaks in meat production can be found in a spray using chemicals found in standard mouthwashes. With food processors finding it hard to eradicate listeria, E coli O157:H7, salmonella and campylobacter, they could now at least weaken their impact, claims Arkansas-based Safe Foods Corp. It has just received American Food and Drug Administration regulatory approval for an aerosol for raw poultry, applied while the meat is still on the abattoir production line, prior to chilling. The ...
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