FDA approves new food processing aids

announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration have approved the
SALMONELEX
for salmonella as a food processing aid that is generally considered safe (
GRAS
).

,
SALMONELEX
is made up of natural phages to eliminate salmonella and is easy to apply. It is usually sprayed or added to a cooling water tank.
Micreos
that the product will soon be certified as organic by the U.S. Organic Materials Review Institute

OMRI.

Dirk de Meester
, a business development manager at
,
shows that when proteins are present. As a result, the product enables processors to reduce the use of chemicals and to use them in areas where chemical antimicrobials are ineffective, such as hair follicles that are closed in the cold chain.
”Micreos confirmed
industrial partnership with the U.S. meat and poultry processing industry will
start in

January
2014."
Since the USDA and the Food and Drug Administration have given the green light to provide food processors with a new and natural solution for salmonella, including other drug-resistant strains,
"
,

, chief executive of
Micreos
, said the
"SALMONELEX
was seen as a beautiful solution because it was only for salmonella and had no other impact on food, including taste and texture. After the successful launch of the
LISTEX
for Listeria, we are now expanding the
'
' green
'
plant for food-
pathogenic bacteria. Given the prevalence of salmonella in the raw poultry industry, we expect the meat and poultry processing industry to be the first and largest user of
SALMONELEX
.
”