India: pomegranate peel extract helps keep meat fresh and free of bacterial infection

It is very important to refrigerate meat products, especially in summer when high temperature bacteria are easy to grow, and improper use of refrigerated equipment is easy to breed E.coli, Salmonella, etc Recently, India has studied that pomegranate peel extract injected into meat can prevent meat from rotting and breeding bacteria, and extend the preservation time, which may be a new inspiration for food preservation or sterilization equipment According to foreign media reports, normally, mutton can only keep fresh for six hours if it is not refrigerated after being cut, and can only keep fresh for two days if it is refrigerated According to the meat vendors and supermarket cold storage managers, the meat that has passed the fresh-keeping period is wasted because it can't be sold out Scientists at the defense food research laboratory in India's defense ministry have injected special substances from pomegranate peel into meat, which can prevent the meat from rotting and breeding bacteria, and it can keep the meat fresh for a week without affecting its taste Scientists said that although the pomegranate peel extract was mainly studied on mutton, its effect can also play a role in chicken and pork Moreover, there is no technology that can make the storage life of fresh mutton more than 20 hours without chemical preservative Generally speaking, if fresh meat is not refrigerated for a long time, it will breed a variety of harmful bacteria - E.coli, Salmonella, Clostridium perfringens and so on Eating this kind of meat will lead to serious diseases, such as abdominal colic, headache, fever, diarrhea (sometimes with blood), and even death if not handled in time In order to prevent these bacteria, meat processing plants usually use artificial chemical additives, "these are toxic, so it is necessary to find plant extracts to ensure the preservation period of meat at room temperature." Scientists say The research aims to provide a natural preservative for meat supplied to the Indian army, and the technology has been passed on to meat processing plants so that ordinary people can also use it It is reported that as part of the central technology developed by India's defense food research laboratory, the extraction of special substances from pomegranate peel is waiting for technology transfer, and the technology has also been listed by the Indian Chamber of Commerce as a key industrial project to accelerate technology evaluation and commercialization.