aLF Ventures LLC.USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. has granted an additional approval for food safety technology that paves the way for its commercial application. The approval is for a patented formulation of lactoferrin lactoferrin (lak´tōfer´in), n an iron-binding protein found in the specific granules of neutrophils where it apparently exerts an antimicrobial activity by withholding iron from ingested bacteria and fungi. that will be used as a carcass rinse during processing to further protect beef from harmful bacteria. "This approval expands the industry's opportunity to use this natural food safety technology," says Verdis Norton, president of aLF Ventures LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a Salt Lake City-based organization created by National Beef Packing Company LLC, DMV International and Farmland Industries to guide widespread commercialization of activated lactoferrin in the fresh meat marketplace. The carcass processing aid technology, which will be marketed as Activin activin /ac·ti·vin/ (ak´ti-vin) a nonsteroidal regulator synthesized in the pituitary glands and gonads that stimulates the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone. ac·ti·vin n. by aLF Ventures, will be in use at National Beef plants beginning this month. |
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