US Patent Issued to Cargill on Sept. 1 for "Method for administering an antimicrobial treatment to an animal in a meat processing operation" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,865, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minn.).

"Method for administering an antimicrobial treatment to an animal in a meat processing operation" was invented by Tyson Brown (Godley, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antimicrobial treatment is administered to an animal in a meat processing operation by stunning an animal by striking a site on an animal skull with a device having a percussive head configured to deliver a concussive blow to the site, and applying an antimicrobial treatment composition to the site before, during or after delivering the concussive blow to the site. In an aspect, an antimicrob...