Abstract:
The present invention provides an anti-microbial composition comprising at least one anti-microbial agent and at least one inhibitor of a cytochrome p450 protein. The present invention further provides a food product comprising an anti-microbial composition of the invention.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a novel method for the rapid detection of the presence or absence of antimicrobial residues in eggs. A one step test method is described in which residues of antimicrobial compounds such as antibiotics are detected while inhibiting compounds naturally present in samples obtained from eggs, which may interfere with the test, are inactivated.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method for the preservation of beverages comprising the use of a killer toxin. Specifically, zymocin is used in carbonated drinks. The zymocin is shown to be active against a wide range of different yeast strains. The invention further discloses a DNA fragment encoding zymocin. The DNA sequence is also disclosed.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for preparing foil-ripened cheese comprising (i) introducing brined cheese into a cheese-ripening packaging containing an opening for receiving cheese, (ii) closing the packaging, and (iii) ripening the cheese, characterized in that the cheese-ripening packaging comprises a thermoplastic film coated with an antimicrobial composition comprising a binding agent and at least one antimicrobial compound, whereby (a) said binding agent swells, softens or dissolves in the water that is released from the cheese during its ripening, (b) the antimicrobial composition becomes part of the water phase that, due to ripening, becomes present between the outer cheese surface and the packaging, (c) the antimicrobial compound is able to migrate in the water phase and (d) antimicrobial compound is transferred to the outer cheese surface.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the treatment of wounds occurring from cutting bananas and pineapples from a tree with a composition containing natamycin and at least one phosphite containing compound.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of an agricultural product which comprises the addition of a composition which comprises phosphite and natamycin to the agricultural product wherein the composition comprises preferably less than 0.1 g lignosulphonate, more preferably less than 0.1 g polyphenol, per gram natamycin and is still more preferably free of lignosulphonate and most preferably free of polyphenol.