Greetings List Friends
Here is a link to a web page from MeatNews.com, found in the Food
Safety Net clipping service out of Kansas State.
USDA allows Bacteriophage Salmonella treatment
http://www.meatnews.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articl
e&artNum=14619
<http://www.meatnews.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articl
e&artNum=14619>
A couple of key quotes:
> The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection
> Service (FSIS) has issued a no objection letter for use of
> Salmonella-targeted bacteriophage manufactured by Salt Lake City,
> Utah-based OmniLytics, Inc.
> Bacteriophage target individual strains and species of bacteria.
> Unlike indiscriminant broad spectrum antibiotics, the specificity of
> bacteriophage allows targeting of harmful bacteria without
> compromising the viability of other beneficial microflora or fauna.
> In addition to this most recent allowance by the USDA, OmniLytics
> received the first U.S. registration for a bacteriophage product with
> its AgriPhage product line in December of 2005 and allowance from the
> USDA/FSIS for bacteriophage treatment of E.coli O157:H7 on livestock
> hides in December of 2006.
An interesting development in the use of bacteriophage in food safety
initiatives.
Regards
Ross Gould, P.Ag. Retired
Calgary, Alberta
