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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fredric G Bender, McMurray, PA (US);
Walter Frees, Allendale, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Rhone-Poulenc Inc., Cranbury, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B / ; A23L / ; A23L / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426332 ; 426335 ; 426511 ; 426532 ; 426641 ; 426643 ; 426644 ;
Abstract
A process for treating poultry, red meat or seafood comprising the step of contacting the poultry, red meat or seafood with: (1) a treatment solution comprising trialkali metal orthophosphate; and (2) steam for a time period effective to remove, reduce or retard bacterial contamination without significantly depreciating the organoleptic properties of the animal and/or seafood is provided.