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Update On FSIS “Big Six” Non-O157 STECs
North American Meat Processors Association
Birko Interventions
Antimicrobial Processing Aids
Beefxide
Approved by the USDA for use as spray-on antimicrobial
processing aid
• FDA-approved ingredients; all components GRAS
• Allowed on all carcasses, primals, subprimals, cuts, trim and
offal products, as well as unskinned livers, without labeling
• Economical intervention against E. coli and Salmonella
• Stops Gram-negative pathogens up front, up to 2.4 log (99.6%)
• An economical replacement for lactic acid antimicrobial
processing aids
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Birko Interventions
Antimicrobial Processing Aids
Birko BLAST
Bromine Liquid Antimicrobial System Technology
• All liquid hypobromous acidbased intervention system
• Safely and automatically blends
HB2 with sodium hypochlorite
• BLAST injects generated
hypobromous into water line for
high volume flood application
• High capacity: can deliver up
to 300 gallons per minute of
300 ppm hypobromous acid
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Birko Equipment Division
Efficient, Economical and Safer Food Plant Operation
Chad Equipment, LLC
Industry leader in hot water washing and pasteurizing equipment
for harvesting and processing
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USDA approved equipment
VerifEYE™ fecal identification system
Patented oscillating action wash system for final beef carcass
Patented recirculated water technology
Innovative antimicrobial spray conveyors
Harvest equipment for beef, pork, lamb and other carcasses
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Birko Equipment Division
Efficient, Economical and Safer Food Plant Operation
Chad Hot Water Prewash
Antimicrobial Benefit
• Greatly improved antimicrobial
benefit vs. “conventional”
prewash
• Significant water savings with use
of patented recirculated water
system
• Carcass “drip dries” prior to
application of an antimicrobial to
the hot surface
• Position close to the viscera table
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