Bacteria-eating virus approved as food additive.
Not all viruses harm people. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a mixture of viruses as a food additive to protect people. The additive can be used in processing plants for spraying onto ready-to-eat meat and poultry products to protect consumers from the potentially life-threatening bacterium Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes).
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D000818:Animals; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000502:physiology*; D005503:Food Additives; D005515:Food Labeling / Q000592:standards; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000821:virology*; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology; D011200:Poultry / Q000382:microbiology; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000502:physiology
D005503:Food Additives