Antimicrobial Process Aids for Food Processing Plants
Food safety is all important in the meat processing industry. To meet HACCP standards, while controlling for problem pathogens, Birko has developed a line of environmentally-friendly formulas especially developed for use by beef processors. Birko has tested these products at beef processing plants and in studies at a well-known university.
Meat Processing Food Safety Intervention
For beef, Birko’s antimicrobial interventions include:
Beefxide®
Approved by the USDA for use as spray-on antimicrobial processing aid on beef carcasses, primals, cuts and trims. Formulated from FDA-approved ingredients. All components of the formula are GRAS (Generally Regarded as Safe).
Birko’s Beefxide® Approved As Processing Aid For Raw Carcasses, Primals, Cuts and Trim (No Labeling Required)
Beefxide No Objection Letter (PDF)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency approval for Beefxide®, Porkxide™ and Lambxide™ (PDF)
Verification of Natural Ingredients (PDF)
Birkoside™—PAA-based Antimicrobial Intervention
With Birkoside™, peracetic acid (PAA) interrupts E. coli 0157:H7 to help meat processors comply with FSIS Notice 05-09, issued Jan. 7, 2009.
FSIS Notice (PDF)
U.S. FDA Food Contact Substance Notification (FCN) No. 887 for peroxyacetic acid (PDF)
Birko BLAST
The BLAST — or Bromine Liquid Antimicrobial System Technology — is a hypobromous acid-based intervention system for killing pathogenic bacteria during processing. It safely generates hypobromous acid by automatically blending a liquid precursor, HB2, with sodium hypochlorite. The BLAST system injects the generated hypobromous into the water line, feeding a cabinet where the solution is applied in a high volume flood.
