Sodium Citrate as a Tripe Denuding Agent

Resumen

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending the Federal meat inspection regulations to permit the use of sodium citrate in solution to denude beef stomachs of mucous membranes (tripe). This regulation makes available to meat processors an additional, alternative tripe-denuding formulation containing sodium citrate as an ingredient. The sodium citrate solution is as effective as existing tripe-denuding agents, but is less objectionable to workers than the agents now in use. The sodium citrate-containing formulation contributes to improved tripe production.