The compound, moreover, does not affect taste or appearance. Farmland National Beef Packing Company in Kansas City, Mo., has licensed from Naidu the commercial development rights for the technology, which awaits approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Whereas Naidu's technology provides a protective coating, two patents from the University of Georgia take preventive measures by going inside the beast. In the Wooley and Shotts patent, a harmless strain of E. coli or other bacteria is genetically engineered to produce an antibacterial protein in an animal against E. coli or other disease-causing bacteria. Killing the bacteria or inhibiting growth prevents the pathogen from being excreted in fecal matter, a major source of meat contamination.
Animals can ingest the beneficial bacteria in feed or drinking water.
Thus, a good bug can foil a bad one. Please let us know about interesting or unusual patents.