Patent ID: 7901276

Claim:
A method of processing a four-legged slaughter animal for consumption as meat and/or meat product(s), said method comprising contacting exterior surfaces of the live animal at least once with a microbiocidal solution formed from mixing together at least (i) water and (ii) at least one 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dialkylhydantoin, said contacting occurring at least once when the animal is en route to being slaughtered but before it is killed by exsanguination, wherein said contacting is conducted: (i) at least once outside the perimeter of a slaughterhouse or meat packing plant, or (ii) at least once in one or more areas of a slaughterhouse or meat packing plant where processing of live animals occurs prior to exsanguination so as to minimize the extent of microbiocidal contamination reaching the one or more areas within the slaughterhouse or meat packing plant where animal carcasses are processed subsequent to exsanguination.