Patent ID: 6908636
Filing Date: 2005-06-21
Classification: A01N,A23B,A23L,A61K,A61L,C02F,Y02A,Y02W

Abstract:
1. In a process of slaughtering poultry, which comprises a step wherein the poultry carcasses or parts thereof are washed with water, the improvement comprising introducing into said water in an amount effective to provide microbiocidal activity, a halogen-based microbiocide which as introduced is in the form of (i) at least one 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dialkylhydantoin in which one of the alkyl groups is a methyl group and the other alkyl group contains in the range of 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, or (ii) an aqueous microbiocidal solution of one or more active halogen species, which solution is a derivative product in an aqueous medium of at least one 1,3-dibromo-5,5-diallylhydantoin in which one of the alkyl groups is a methyl group and the other alkyl group contains in the range of 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, or (iii) both (i) and (ii).