Concentration of cadmium in meat and selected meats products

Lead Concentration in Meat and Meat Products of Different Origin

Meat is very rich and convenient source of nutrients including also a large extent of microelements. Contamination with heavy metals is a serious threat because of their toxicity, bioaccumulation and biomagnifications in the food chain. The lead concentrations depend on the environmental conditions and the food production methods. Ingestion of contaminants, especially heavy metals, by animals c...

Estimating Proportion of Meat and Validating Results of Meat Products Using Histochemistry and Image Analysis in Meat Products of Hamadan City, Iran

Background and Objectives: Meat products are rich sources of proteins. Due to the high prices of raw meats, there is a possibility of fraud in these products. The objectives of this study were to assess chemical characteristics and estimate proportion of skeletal muscle in meat products using histology and image analysis. Materials and Methods:  Totally, 50 sausage samples (27 sausages and 23 B...

Enterobacteriaceae associated with meats and meat handling.

The source of Enterobacteriaceae on meats was shown to be associated with the meat-handling work surfaces in two packing plants studies. A total of 2,343 Enterobacteriaceae were isolated and identified from meat samples and work surfaces at the packing plants and at the retail facilities. Escherichia coli biotype I and Serratia liquefaciens were detected at all stages of meat handling, indicati...

Meat and Meat Products

Sensory quality of selected raw ripened meat products.

BACKGROUND A demand on raw fermented meat products depends on their availability, price and the culture. In Poland, raw meat products have a several hundred years, although limited to the Podlasie region, tradition of manufacturing. Therefore, in spite of widening of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German and recently even the Czech Republic products assortment on the Polish market, the consumpti...