An individual inventor resident of Montclair, California 91763, not associated with any major firm, Satyanarain Naidu, secured US patent 6172040 on 9 January for his invention: Immobilized lactoferrin antimicrobial agents and the use thereof.
This invention marks a significant advancement in the state of the art related to giving antimicrobial treatment to meat. In the current scare over BSE and salmonella, this new invention could be a major money spinner.
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Other companies active in this technology are Gambit International, Morinaga Milk Industry, Snow Brand Milk Products, Viskase Corporation and Haarmann & Reimer.
Abstract:
- Disclosed is a method for treating products, such as meat products, with immobilized lactoferrin to reduce microbial contamination. The lactoferrin is immobilized on a naturally occurring substrate, preferably a galactose-rich polysaccharide. In some embodiments, the lactoferrin is applied as an aqueous solution containing a mixture of the immobilized lactoferrin and native lactoferrin, and a buffer system that includes a physiologically acceptable acid, such as citric acid, a physiologically acceptable base, such as sodium bicarbonate, and a physiologically acceptable salt, such as sodium chloride.
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- A method for reducing the microbial contamination of a meat product, comprising treating the meat product with a sufficient amount of lactoferrin immobilized on a naturally occurring substrate via the N-terminus region of the lactoferrin to reduce microbial contamination.
By Navroz Havewala, just-food.com correspondent
