Method and apparatus for treating meat products with a treatment liquid containing carbon monoxide

摘要

A treatment material containing carbon monoxide and a carrier liquid is applied to a meat product to produce a desired carbon monoxide content in the meat product. The concentration of carbon monoxide in the added liquid produces a desired carbon monoxide saturation level distributed substantially evenly in the treated area of the meat product. The treated area may be just at the surface of the meat product or throughout the volume of the meat product. Additional treatment liquids or fluids may be added to the meat product as a pre-treatment before application of the carbon monoxide bearing treatment material or as a post-treatment after the application of the carbon monoxide bearing treatment material.

主权项

1. A method for treating an uncooked cut of meat, the method including:
(a) providing a treatment material containing carbon monoxide and a carrier liquid, the carbon monoxide content in the treatment material being at or below the solubility level of carbon monoxide in the carrier liquid at the temperature of the carrier liquid with substantially all of the carbon monoxide being held in solution in the carrier liquid; and (b) applying the treatment material to a surface of the uncooked cut of meat while substantially all of the carbon monoxide in the treatment material applied to the uncooked cut of meat is held in solution in the carrier liquid of the applied treatment material.