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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Francois Lacoste-Bourgeacq, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Skeeter Meranda Bassue-Hyligar, Chicago Heights, IL (US);
Roger Aceto, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Viskase Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 57 ; 426105 ; 426135 ;
Abstract
The removal of a cellulosic casing from about a sausage stuffed and processed in the casing is accomplished by contacting the sausage with a cellulase or cellulase enzyme complex to metabolize the cellulosic casing on the sausage thereby producing a substantially casing-free sausage.