date:Jun 22, 2012
Beefxide and Porkxide are antimicrobial processing aids that can be sprayed onto beef carcasses.
The testing at Angelo State University Meat Laboratory during February and March this year treated beef and pork carcasses with either Beefxide or Porkxide, or lactic acid.
Birko said the study was one of the first on pork with initial focus on beef and poultry.
The data showed Beefxide and Porkxide were effective as antimicrobial interventions for reducing microbial numbers on intact beef and por