| abstract |
"TREATMENT OF SKIN PRODUCTS" A method of sanitizing meat products is described, using aqueous streams that have an antimicrobial composition added to the stream. Preferably, the antimicrobial composition includes a mixture of one or more carboxylic acids that have up to 18 carbon atoms and one or more peroxy-carboxylic acids that have up to 12 carbon atoms, preferably a mixture of a C ~ 2 peroxycarboxylic acid ~ -C ~ 4 ~ with a C ~ 8 ~ -C ~ 12 ~ peroxy-carboxylic acid. Also described is an innovative antimicrobial composition adapted for the sanctification of meat products, containing a mixture of one or more C ~ 2 ~ -C ~ 4 ~ peroxycarboxylic acids and one or more C ~ 8 ~ -C ~ 12 peroxycarboxylic acids ~, with a mono- or di-carboxylic alpha hydroxy acid. |