The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status to Innodal Inc. to market Inneo® in the U.S. The product has been available in Canada for five years and has proven successful in suppressing Listeria contamination. The product incorporates bacterial peptides as the active ingredients.
Since the product is GRAS certified, no specific label changes are required for existing products manufactured with Inneo®.
Given the significant of listeriosis and the recent upsurge in incident cases from a variety of products including processed meat, cantaloupes and dairy products resulting in numerous and extensive recalls. Food manufacturers may benefit from using Inneo® as an adjunct to existing programs to decontaminate plant and equipment.