Gyrotron Technology, a Pennsylvania-based industrial technologies developer, has filed a provisional patent application for its technology for the decontamination of beef carcasses and other food products.
The company claimed that the new technology has been tested in laboratories and verified.
During the tests, the meat heated for a fraction of second with a gyrotron, a source for high frequency microwaves, was shown to reduce the bacteria count on the meat surface by a factor greater than 300,000, without compromising meat quality and texture, it added.
Gyrotron Technology president Vlad Sklyar said the new technology is a part of the company's efforts to help address a major public health concern and deliver benefits to the meat industry.
"There are over 35 million heads of beef slaughtered annually in the US alone, and many multiples of that globally," Sklyar added.
Gyrotron's technology enable manufacturers to decrease bacteria count in meat, reduce water consumption, discard use of chemicals as in existing decontamination processes, and reduce costs in the decontamination process, while offering extended shelf life for raw meat.
