Research explores edible film that kills pathogens for meat packaging
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 16:15
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of food scientists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has shown that an edible film can be used for wrapping ready-to-eat meat products to deliver a slow release of a naturally occurring antimicrobial agent capable of killing a foodborne pathogen.