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Using hot water instead of lactic acid reduces Escherichia coli O157:H7 on beef carcasses
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 15th, 2006
According to a study from the United States, "Lactic acid has become the most commonly-used organic acid for treatment of post-evisceration beef carcasses. Many processors have also implemented 2% lactic acid washes on pre-evisceration carcasses. We previously demonstrated that hot water washing and steam vacuuming are effective carcass interventions. Because of the effectiveness of hot water, we compared its use with that of lactic acid as a pre-evisceration wash in a...
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