Method for reducing the content of pathogenic organisms present in food materials

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9504276
APP PUB NO 20150024086A1
SERIAL NO

14444285

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The present invention relates to a method for reducing the concentration of pathogenic organisms such as Listeria spp. in fermented food products. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a food material, (ii) mixing said food material with a starter culture, (iii) mixing the food material with at least one adjunct culture in form of a bacteriocin-producing Pediococcus species, (iv) subjecting the mixture provided in step (iii) to a fermentation process, said fermentation process being conducted at conditions that are sub-optimal for growth of the bacteriocin-producing Pediococcus species in order to provide a limited acidification and allow for a high production of bacteriocin, and obtain a fermented food product. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of bacteriocin-producing Pediococcus species as an adjunct culture for securing microbial safety of fermented food products.

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CHR HANSEN A/SHOERSHOLM

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Stahnke, Marie Louise Heller Virum, DK 4 7

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