A method for preparing raw meat or raw seafood that is resistant to spoilage, comprising: a) incubating a solution comprising a population of non-pathogenic psychrotrophic lactic acid bacteria under conditions and for a period of time sufficient to enable growth of the bacterial population to form a bacterial culture capable of preventing spoilage; b) adding a saccharide to the bacterial culture and incubating the bacterial culture at a temperature of from 1 to 4° C., wherein the saccharide is present in an amount sufficient to achieve bacteriostasis of the bacterial culture; admixing the bacterial culture formed in step b) with the raw meat or raw seafood, wherein the bacteriostatic bacterial culture is present in an amount of from 1 to 20 weight % based on the total weight of the composition.